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Squadron-strophes: The term _strophe_ originally was applied to.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What does the speaker say the term 'strophe' originally referred to?

Q02of 10

According to the poem, what does 'strophe' now apply to?

Q03of 10

What type of poem does the speaker call the 'poem of heroism'?

Q04of 10

To what does the speaker compare the successive stanzas of the heroic poem?

Q05of 10

What military image does the speaker use to represent the individual verses of the poem?

Q06of 10

What does the speaker describe as the poem's 'melody'?

Q07of 10

The original use of 'strophe' and 'antistrophe' was associated with which performance context?

Q08of 10

The dominant tone of this prose-poem can best be described as:

Q09of 10

Which literary technique does the speaker primarily use to explain the concept of a strophe?

Q10of 10

The allusion to 'trump and drum' at the end of the poem chiefly serves to:

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