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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

PERFIDY.

by D. H. Lawrence.

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

Q01of 10

What does the hollow echo of the house when the speaker knocks most directly suggest?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'dying lamp of my love' is best understood as an example of which poetic technique?

Q03of 10

Which word in the poem's title most precisely names the speaker's discovery?

Q04of 10

What is the effect of the stanza describing the two brown ponies drinking?

Q05of 10

Which word does Lawrence use to describe the car that carries the woman back, and what does that word imply?

Q06of 10

How does the poem's structure change in the final section compared with the earlier stanzas?

Q07of 10

The image of 'city stars so dim and holy' drawing nearer to search the streets suggests which thematic function?

Q08of 10

The tone of the poem's opening two stanzas is best described as which of the following?

Q09of 10

In the line 'leaving the street aghast,' Lawrence personifies the street. What does this convey?

Q10of 10

What does the speaker literally witness in the poem's climactic stanza?

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