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—THE DROWNED LOVER..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall structural form of 'The Drowned Lover'?

Q02of 10

What does the image of 'the moon dimly gleamed through the tempested air' primarily contribute to the poem?

Q03of 10

Which central theme does the poem most directly explore?

Q04of 10

Who is the speaker of the poem?

Q05of 10

What poetic technique is most prominently employed in the line 'High swelled in her bosom the throb of affection'?

Q06of 10

What is the tone of the poem's final two lines, 'But, fear not, parting spirit; thy goodness is saving, / In eternity's bowers, a seat for thee there'?

Q07of 10

To what does 'thy love's pallid corse the wild surges are laving' refer in the poem's narrative?

Q08of 10

Which literary allusion or tradition does the poem most clearly invoke with its imagery of 'eternity's bowers'?

Q09of 10

What is the function of the word 'kirtle' in line 7 of the poem?

Q10of 10

How does the poem's use of rhetorical questions in stanza three contribute to its effect?

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