Q01of 10
What is the central metaphor organizing the entire poem?
Q02of 10
In the third stanza, what does the speaker mean by 'the sun's own Sun'?
Q03of 10
The fourth stanza alludes most directly to which biblical event?
Q04of 10
What does the phrase 'loose sands of It is said' primarily criticize?
Q05of 10
According to the sixth stanza, what does the speaker reject in favor of 'the living gold'?
Q06of 10
Which best describes the tone of the poem's final stanza?
Q07of 10
In the seventh stanza, what does the speaker say he gains even if his ultimate search fails?
Q08of 10
How does Lowell use the image of the sea in the second stanza?
Q09of 10
What attitude do the unnamed 'they' in the poem represent?
Q10of 10
Which poetic technique is most evident in 'Happier to chase a flying goal / Than to sit counting laurelled gains'?
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