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ON HEARING A SONATA OF BEETHOVEN'S PLAYED IN THE NEXT ROOM.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the Italian/French term for the 14-line poem form Lowell uses here?

Q02of 10

The poem is divided into an octave and a sestet. Where does the 'volta,' or turn in thought, occur?

Q03of 10

What triggers the speaker's powerful memory of the deceased person?

Q04of 10

In lines 6–8, Lowell argues that 'the walls that gird / Our senses' can be leveled by 'a casual scent or word.' What theme does this passage most directly develop?

Q05of 10

The phrase 'dear hands that long have never stirred' refers to which of the following?

Q06of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem's octave (lines 1–8)?

Q07of 10

In the sestet, the speaker imagines 'some grayhaired survivor' who will one day mourn for the current living girl. What literary technique best describes this move?

Q08of 10

The closing lines suggest 'perhaps not sadly' the departed hears 'a music in this verse undreamed by thee.' What does this parenthetical qualification 'perhaps not sadly' most likely imply?

Q09of 10

Lowell personifies 'Time and Change' by calling them a 'sea.' What does this image primarily convey?

Q10of 10

Which of the following best describes the structural relationship between the speaker's past grief and his address to the living girl?

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