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SONG OF PROSERPINE WHILE GATHERING FLOWERS ON THE PLAIN OF ENNA..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of Shelley's 'Song of Proserpine'?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the rhyme scheme of each stanza?

Q03of 10

What is the primary mythological allusion that gives the poem its dramatic irony?

Q04of 10

What does Proserpine ask of 'Sacred Goddess, Mother Earth' in her song?

Q05of 10

In the second stanza, the flowers are described as 'Fairest children of the Hours.' What poetic technique does this phrase exemplify?

Q06of 10

Which of the following best characterizes the speaker's tone throughout the poem?

Q07of 10

The phrase 'immortal bosom' in line 2 is primarily an example of which technique?

Q08of 10

In the second stanza, 'mists of evening dew' most directly functions as imagery appealing to which sense?

Q09of 10

What structural purpose does the repeated refrain serve in the poem?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, which group of beings does Mother Earth's 'immortal bosom' give birth to?

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