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SCOTTISH BORDER.

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 'Scottish Border' by James Russell Lowell?

Q02of 10

In the octave, what specific landscape detail signals that the speaker is in Scotland?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'shy ballad dared its blooms unfold' most likely alludes to which literary tradition?

Q04of 10

What does the speaker mean when he says 'memory's glamour makes new sights seem old'?

Q05of 10

To whom does the speaker address the words 'Yet not to thee belong these painless tears'?

Q06of 10

The 'Charles' mentioned in the final line refers to what, and what is its function in the poem?

Q07of 10

Which best describes the poem's shift in tone from octave to sestet?

Q08of 10

The simile 'as when our life some vanished dream fulfils' is used to describe what experience?

Q09of 10

The speaker describes Scotland as 'Land loved ere seen.' What does this phrase most precisely convey?

Q10of 10

What happens to the stream the speaker observes at the poem's close?

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