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STANZA..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

In 'STANZA,' what central feeling is conveyed by the speaker's observation that 'Something is not there which was'?

Q02of 10

In 'FRAGMENT: A WANDERER,' the wanderer is compared to 'a day-appearing dream.' This simile primarily suggests that the wanderer is:

Q03of 10

In 'FRAGMENT: LIFE ROUNDED WITH SLEEP,' the line 'We begin in what we end' is best interpreted as:

Q04of 10

In 'FRAGMENT: I FAINT, I PERISH WITH MY LOVE!', the speaker uses all of the following images EXCEPT:

Q05of 10

In 'FRAGMENT: WHEN SOFT WINDS AND SUNNY SKIES,' the closing couplet warns that 'Clouds and whirlwinds watch their prey.' The dominant tone of this warning is:

Q06of 10

In 'FRAGMENT: THE FALSE LAUREL AND THE TRUE,' the speaker ultimately admits that the laurel he wears differs from Milton's because:

Q07of 10

In 'FRAGMENT: THE RUDE WIND IS SINGING,' the wind sings 'the dirge of the music dead.' The word 'dirge' establishes a structural parallel with which other fragment in this collection?

Q08of 10

The 'Great Spirit' addressed in 'FRAGMENT: GREAT SPIRIT' is described as dwelling in 'the sea of boundless thought.' This metaphor primarily frames the Great Spirit as:

Q09of 10

Across these fragments, Shelley frequently uses the technique of apostrophe—directly addressing an absent or abstract entity. Which of the following is the clearest example of apostrophe in this collection?

Q10of 10

In 'FRAGMENT: AND THAT I WALK THUS PROUDLY CROWNED,' the speaker suggests that if he falls he 'shall not weep out of the vital day.' What does this line most likely mean?

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