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PROPOSED FOR A SOLDIERS' AND SAILORS' MONUMENT IN BOSTON.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of this poem?

Q02of 10

In the line 'Boston builds this: build ye her monument,' what rhetorical device does Lowell primarily employ?

Q03of 10

Who is the primary audience addressed by the poem's imperative 'build ye her monument'?

Q04of 10

What does the phrase 'at duty's summons spent' most nearly mean?

Q05of 10

Which theme is most central to the poem?

Q06of 10

What is the tone of the poem?

Q07of 10

The phrase 'great and free' in line two primarily functions to do what?

Q08of 10

The structure of the poem shifts between its first and second couplets. How best describes this shift?

Q09of 10

Which poetic technique is illustrated by 'died… land and sea… great and free'?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, what does Boston literally do?

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