Q01of 10
What is the dominant subject of H. D.'s 'Song'?
Q02of 10
The opening line compares the beloved's complexion or appearance to gold. What second color does the poem introduce almost immediately?
Q03of 10
The phrase 'black limbs / of an Illyrian apple bough' functions primarily as what kind of imagery?
Q04of 10
What is the effect of H. D.'s concluding paradox—that the hair 'casts light for a shadow'?
Q05of 10
Which literary technique best describes H. D.'s strategy of comparing the beloved first to gold, then to white, and then back to gold-adjacent images like honeycomb?
Q06of 10
What is the grammatical and rhetorical function of the question 'Can honey distill such fragrance / as your bright hair'?
Q07of 10
The poem's form is best characterized as which of the following?
Q08of 10
Which allusion in the poem anchors it to a specific geographical and cultural world?
Q09of 10
What is the overall tone of 'Song'?
Q10of 10
According to the poem's second stanza, what does the rain lying on white honeycomb do to the wax?
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