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THE PINE FOREST OF THE CASCINE NEAR PISA..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary structural characteristic of this poem?

Q02of 10

In lines 13–22, 'this halcyon Morn' is personified chiefly as doing which of the following?

Q03of 10

The simile 'like one on whom thou smilest, Dear' (line 22) compares the transformed wintry world to which of the following?

Q04of 10

Which term best describes the tone of the poem's opening two stanzas (lines 1–32)?

Q05of 10

What technique does Shelley employ in describing the forest pools in lines 81–100?

Q06of 10

Which literary allusion most directly enriches lines 105–108, where the reflected forest is said to lie beneath 'an Elysian air'?

Q07of 10

In lines 57–60, the woodpecker paradoxically 'Made stiller by her sound / The inviolable quietness.' What poetic device is principally at work here?

Q08of 10

Who is identified in the poem's context as the 'Dearest, best and brightest' addressed throughout?

Q09of 10

In the final stanza, 'a wandering wind crept by / Like an unwelcome thought' functions to do which of the following?

Q10of 10

In lines 33–40, Shelley shifts from invitation to a different mode. What does 'Rise, Memory, and write its praise!' most directly indicate?

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