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The Canonization.

by John Donne.

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

Q01of 10

What does the speaker demand in the poem's opening line?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall structure of 'The Canonization'?

Q03of 10

In stanza two, the speaker uses rhetorical questions such as 'What merchant's ships have my sighs drown'd?' primarily to achieve which effect?

Q04of 10

The phoenix image in stanza three—'The phoenix riddle hath more wit / By us'—functions chiefly as what kind of figure?

Q05of 10

What does the speaker mean by 'we'll build in sonnets pretty rooms'?

Q06of 10

The tone of the poem's opening stanza is best described as

Q07of 10

Who is the implied audience addressed throughout most of the poem?

Q08of 10

The final stanza shifts to a direct quotation of future generations invoking the lovers. This shift in speaker primarily serves to

Q09of 10

Which pairing of images best captures the tension between destruction and transcendence in stanza three?

Q10of 10

What does the phrase 'the glasses of your eyes' refer to in the poem's final stanza?

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