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THE FIRST SNOW-FALL.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the poem's rhyme scheme in each four-line stanza?

Q02of 10

In the opening stanza, the snow is described as having begun 'in the gloaming.' What does 'gloaming' mean?

Q03of 10

The image 'ermine too dear for an earl' applied to the pine, fir, and hemlock trees primarily functions as what type of figurative language?

Q04of 10

'From sheds new-roofed with Carrara / Came Chanticleer's muffled crow.' What does the allusion to Carrara most likely signify?

Q05of 10

What is 'sweet Auburn' in the fifth stanza, and why is it significant?

Q06of 10

The simile 'How the flakes were folding it gently, / As did robins the babes in the wood' alludes to which tradition?

Q07of 10

What is the speaker's stated answer to Mabel's question 'Father, who makes it snow?'

Q08of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem's final stanza?

Q09of 10

Throughout the poem, the snow accumulates multiple layers of symbolic meaning. Which pairing BEST captures two of its central symbolic functions?

Q10of 10

The phrase 'Then, with eyes that saw not, I kissed her' most directly conveys that the speaker is doing what?

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