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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

PRELUDE TO PART SECOND.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What formal structure best describes the verse of this poem?

Q02of 10

Which literary technique is most clearly demonstrated in the description of 'swift little troops of silent sparks … / Like herds of startled deer'?

Q03of 10

What is the dominant theme developed through the contrast between the brook's ice palace and the castle interior?

Q04of 10

Who is the speaker addressing when the poem refers to Sir Launfal's 'gray hair' being made into a harp by the wind?

Q05of 10

The word 'shelterless,' repeated three times as the wind's 'burden,' is an example of which poetic technique?

Q06of 10

What does the image 'snow five thousand summers old' primarily convey about the wind?

Q07of 10

The brook's creation of arches, spars, aisles, and 'carved' reliefs most closely alludes to which type of human construction?

Q08of 10

What is the effect of the line 'The voice of the seneschal flared like a torch'?

Q09of 10

Based on the final lines, what does Sir Launfal literally do after being turned away from the porch?

Q10of 10

The tone of the poem's final stanza, describing Sir Launfal outside in the cold, is best characterized as:

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