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Quiz — Storgy

NEAP-TIDE.

by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

Which verse form best describes the stanzas of 'Neap-Tide'?

Q02of 10

What does the phrase 'recede as a dream recedes' most directly describe?

Q03of 10

The image of 'a corpse with the night for bier' in stanza four is best understood as a metaphor for what?

Q04of 10

What role does the conditional construction 'A sail to seaward, a sound from shoreward' play in the poem?

Q05of 10

Which of the following best describes the dominant tone of the poem's central stanzas (stanzas 3–11)?

Q06of 10

The simile comparing the ripples to 'bells on the reins of the fairies' primarily serves to:

Q07of 10

The question 'Who knows if haply the shadow of death / May be not the light of life?' is best described as what rhetorical device?

Q08of 10

How does the poem's final stanza function in relation to what precedes it?

Q09of 10

The speaker's perspective throughout most of the poem is best characterized as:

Q10of 10

Swinburne's repetition of the word 'shadow' across multiple stanzas ('a shadow of dreamlike dread,' 'a shadow of sleepless fear,' 'the sick sun's shadowlike light') primarily achieves what effect?

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