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Quiz — Storgy

TELEPATHY.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What does the speaker claim guided them to the beloved, rather than any spoken message?

Q02of 10

The poem's title 'Telepathy' most directly refers to which element of the poem?

Q03of 10

In the simile 'As music follows the finger / Of the dreaming lutanist,' the speaker compares their own response to love to which of the following?

Q04of 10

The phrase 'forbidden tryst' indicates that the meeting between the speaker and the beloved was what?

Q05of 10

What is the overall tone of the poem?

Q06of 10

The poem is structured in four stanzas of four lines each. How does this regular form reinforce the poem's content?

Q07of 10

In the final stanza, 'the fire in my feet' is best understood as an example of which poetic technique?

Q08of 10

The phrase 'my blood ran rosier red' as the beloved drew closer primarily conveys which of the following?

Q09of 10

The beloved's repeated statement — 'We must not be happy to-day' — functions in the poem primarily as what?

Q10of 10

Who is the speaker addressing throughout the poem?

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