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ON THE MEDUSA OF LEONARDO DA VINCI IN THE FLORENTINE GALLERY..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

In 'On the Medusa,' what is the primary structural form Shelley uses to organize the poem?

Q02of 10

According to the speaker in 'On the Medusa,' what is it that truly turns the gazer's spirit into stone?

Q03of 10

The image 'Loveliness like a shadow' in stanza one is an example of which poetic technique?

Q04of 10

In stanza three, the vipers are described as growing 'as … grass out of a watery rock.' What does this comparison primarily convey?

Q05of 10

Which creature in stanza four is described as being drawn toward the Medusa's light as a moth is drawn to a flame?

Q06of 10

The phrase 'tempestuous loveliness of terror' in stanza five is best described as which rhetorical device?

Q07of 10

What is the dominant theme shared by 'On the Medusa' and 'Love's Philosophy'?

Q08of 10

In 'Love's Philosophy,' the speaker uses natural phenomena—fountains, rivers, winds, mountains—primarily to achieve what rhetorical purpose?

Q09of 10

The 'poisonous eft' that 'peeps idly into those Gorgonian eyes' in stanza four serves what function in the poem?

Q10of 10

What is the setting of the Medusa's head as described in the opening lines of the poem?

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