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THE RECALL.

by Algernon Charles Swinburne.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary theme of 'The Recall'?

Q02of 10

The word 'Return' is repeated at the end of both the first and final stanzas. What is the primary effect of this repetition?

Q03of 10

What does the phrase 'viewless bourne' most likely mean in context?

Q04of 10

Which poetic form best describes the structure of 'The Recall'?

Q05of 10

Who is most likely speaking the lines 'Return, they cry, ere yet your day / Set'?

Q06of 10

The imagery of 'shoreward' and 'stray' in the final stanza draws on which dominant metaphorical framework?

Q07of 10

What is the tone of the soul's resistance to the recall, as conveyed by the speaker?

Q08of 10

The phrase 'trustless faith and unfaith' most directly suggests what?

Q09of 10

Which literary technique is most evident in 'heavens beyond us yearn / Yea, heights of heaven above the sway / Of stars that eyes discern'?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, what happens to 'the soul whose wings from shoreward stray'?

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