Q01of 10
What metrical and stanzaic form does Swinburne employ throughout 'The Witch-Mother'?
Q02of 10
The opening question 'O where will ye gang to and where will ye sleep' functions primarily to:
Q03of 10
Which literary device is most prominent in 'My bed is made wi' cauld sorrows, / My sheets are lined wi' sins'?
Q04of 10
What does the phrase 'shame to cledding, and woe to wedding' chiefly convey about the mother's situation?
Q05of 10
When the witch-mother answers 'Meat of strong crying, salt of sad sighing' to the wedding-feast question, she is using:
Q06of 10
The refrain 'And God restore the dead' / 'And God raise up the dead' at the end of successive stanzas primarily serves to:
Q07of 10
The lines 'She's tane her to the wild woodside, / Between the flood and fell' locate the mother's pact in a setting that symbolically:
Q08of 10
Which statement most accurately describes the poem's speaker and narrative structure?
Q09of 10
What is the significance of the final couplet: 'there were twae mair sangs in heaven, / And twae mair sauls in hell'?
Q10of 10
What does the mother mean when she says 'I would they were quick in my body again, / Or I that bare them dead'?
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