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SEA POPPIES.

by H. D..

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

Q01of 10

What is the central subject of 'Sea Poppies'?

Q02of 10

The poem is written in which poetic form most characteristic of the Imagist movement H.D. belonged to?

Q03of 10

The opening image 'Amber husk / fluted with gold' primarily appeals to which sense?

Q04of 10

When the speaker calls the poppy 'treasure / spilled near the shrub-pines,' the word 'treasure' functions as what literary device?

Q05of 10

The phrase 'your stalk has caught root / among wet pebbles' emphasizes which theme?

Q06of 10

The speaker addresses the poppy directly throughout the poem. This use of second-person address is an example of which technique?

Q07of 10

What is the tone of the poem's closing rhetorical question, 'what meadow yields / so fragrant a leaf'?

Q08of 10

The image 'fire upon leaf' is best interpreted as a description of which quality of the poppy?

Q09of 10

Which list accurately names the types of sea debris mentioned as surrounding the poppy's roots?

Q10of 10

H.D.'s use of the word 'bleach' in 'bleach on the boulders' contributes to which structural contrast in the poem?

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