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THE SOWER.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the Sower doing as he walks from east to west?

Q02of 10

Which literary allusion does Lowell use to describe the Sower's dim, empty face?

Q03of 10

The image of 'a dragon's tooth' from which 'sprang up an armèd man' alludes to which mythological tradition?

Q04of 10

How does the poem's structure reinforce its central warning?

Q05of 10

What does the Sower believe his scattered seeds will accomplish?

Q06of 10

What is the dominant tone of the speaker as he observes the results of the Sower's work?

Q07of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's central theme?

Q08of 10

In the line 'his dim face showed no soul beneath,' what technique is Lowell primarily using?

Q09of 10

The word 'dotard' used to describe the Sower most directly reveals the speaker's attitude toward him as

Q10of 10

The repeated final stanza—'I sow again the holy Past, / The happy days when I was young'—functions primarily as

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