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THE FINDING OF THE LYRE.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What object does Mercury discover on the ocean's shore?

Q02of 10

How does Lowell structure 'The Finding of the Lyre'?

Q03of 10

The simile 'as empty as the last new sonnet' primarily serves to convey what?

Q04of 10

Which classical deity discovers and transforms the shell into a lyre?

Q05of 10

What is the central theme of the poem's final stanza?

Q06of 10

The fisherman's repeated stumbling over the shell primarily functions as what kind of literary device?

Q07of 10

What tone best describes the speaker's address to the reader in the final stanza?

Q08of 10

The phrase 'the shell disdained a soul had gained' uses which poetic technique?

Q09of 10

Which pair of images most directly represents the passage of neglected time in the poem?

Q10of 10

What does the 'poor estray' most nearly mean as used in the second stanza?

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