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SERENADE.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the predominant formal device that ends every stanza of 'Serenade'?

Q02of 10

In the first stanza, the image 'close-shut windows gleams no spark' most directly conveys what?

Q03of 10

The personification 'the heart of silence throbs in thine ear' in stanza two primarily suggests which of the following?

Q04of 10

Which best describes the shift in theme that occurs in the third stanza?

Q05of 10

The rhetorical question 'Why stand we ever coldly apart?' is best understood as doing which of the following?

Q06of 10

The tone of 'Serenade' throughout all four stanzas is best characterized as which of the following?

Q07of 10

What poetic form or structural pattern governs the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

Q08of 10

The word 'Serenade' in the title establishes an important contextual frame. Which statement best explains its significance?

Q09of 10

In the line 'Alone in the shell of this great world,' the metaphor of a shell most likely implies which of the following?

Q10of 10

According to the poem's final stanza, what does the speaker identify as 'a bitter and dreary word'?

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