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SORROW..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the predominant metrical form of 'Sorrow'?

Q02of 10

In stanza one, what does the speaker say has happened to his 'high strung energies'?

Q03of 10

The simile 'as drooping flower' in stanza three is used to describe what?

Q04of 10

How does Shelley characterize the 'heedless in the throng' in stanza four?

Q05of 10

What role does death play in the poem's fifth stanza?

Q06of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's overall thematic arc?

Q07of 10

In stanza six, physical symptoms such as 'sunken cheek' and 'humid eyes' serve primarily as what poetic technique?

Q08of 10

The image of 'blackening clouds in stormy sky, / Where fiercely vivid lightnings play' functions as a simile for what?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'ungrateful world' in the final stanza most likely implies which of the following?

Q10of 10

Which word best captures the speaker's tone throughout the majority of the poem?

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