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SPIRIT WHOSE WORK IS DONE..

by Walt Whitman.

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

Q01of 10

To whom or what is the poem's speaker directly addressing throughout?

Q02of 10

What does the speaker ask the spirit to do before it departs?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'forests of bayonets' is best understood as an example of which poetic technique?

Q04of 10

Which word most accurately describes the overall tone of the poem?

Q05of 10

What structural device does Whitman use most prominently in the lines beginning 'As your ranks…' through 'while the steps keep time'?

Q06of 10

The image of the speaker's face being described as 'all hectic red one day, but pale as death next day' primarily conveys what?

Q07of 10

What purpose does the speaker state for wanting the spirit's 'currents convulsive' left within him?

Q08of 10

The drum in the poem functions primarily as a symbol of what?

Q09of 10

Which theme is most central to the poem?

Q10of 10

The subtitle '(Washington City, 1865)' most likely serves to do which of the following?

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