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The Schoolboy.

by William Blake.

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

Q01of 10

What is the speaker doing at the very opening of the poem?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall structure of 'The Schoolboy'?

Q03of 10

The image of a bird in a cage in the fourth stanza is best understood as a metaphor for which of the following?

Q04of 10

What does the phrase 'a cruel eye outworn' most likely describe?

Q05of 10

Which of the following themes is most central to the poem?

Q06of 10

In the final stanza, the 'blasts of winter' function primarily as a symbol of what?

Q07of 10

The speaker's tone shifts most noticeably between which two stanzas?

Q08of 10

The extended metaphor of plants, buds, and blossoms in the fifth stanza is primarily addressed to whom?

Q09of 10

Which poetic technique is most prominently used in the line 'Nor sit in learning's bower'?

Q10of 10

The skylark in the first stanza most closely aligns with which literary tradition?

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