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Quiz — Storgy

THE FORLORN.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

The poem is composed primarily in which stanzaic form?

Q02of 10

Which image most directly conveys the contrast between the woman's misery and the warmth she is excluded from?

Q03of 10

What is the central thematic argument advanced in the poem's closing stanzas?

Q04of 10

Who is the speaker of this poem?

Q05of 10

The lines 'years of misery and sin / Furl off, and leave her heaven blue' employ which primary poetic technique?

Q06of 10

How does the tone shift between the opening stanzas and the final three stanzas?

Q07of 10

Which classical or biblical allusion is most clearly embedded in the final stanza's phrase 'die in maiden innocence'?

Q08of 10

What ultimately triggers the woman's visionary return to her childhood?

Q09of 10

What does the reader learn happens the next morning?

Q10of 10

The simile 'Her freezing heart, like one who sinks / Outwearied in the drifting snow' primarily serves to suggest what?

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