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THE STREET.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the predominant form of 'The Street'?

Q02of 10

In the opening lines, the crowd is compared to 'shadows' and 'dim ghosts.' What does the image of people 'hugging their bodies round them like thin shrouds' primarily suggest?

Q03of 10

Which line best captures the central paradox or irony of the poem?

Q04of 10

What does the phrase 'the anointed eye' in the final couplet most likely mean?

Q05of 10

What is the speaker's primary tone toward the crowd he observes?

Q06of 10

The line 'they trampled on their youth, and faith, and love' functions mainly as which poetic technique?

Q07of 10

To what does the phrase 'the world, their grave' allude most directly?

Q08of 10

Which word in the poem most directly refers to the earth or world as a voracious consumer of these hollow lives?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'With Heaven's clear messages they madly strove, / And conquered' uses which rhetorical strategy?

Q10of 10

According to the poem's final couplet, where can evidence of a person's spiritual death be directly observed?

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