Q01of 10
What is the dominant structural feature of 'Thirty-Nine'?
Q02of 10
Which best describes the tonal arc of the poem from first stanza to last?
Q03of 10
In the second stanza, why does the speaker single out age thirty-nine as especially troublesome?
Q04of 10
What is the effect of the French phrase 'À bas' in the second stanza?
Q05of 10
Who is 'the dear girl with velvet eyes' addressed in the fourth stanza?
Q06of 10
The phrase 'twixt devil and deep sea' in the sixth stanza is best interpreted as:
Q07of 10
Which poetic technique is most prominent in the opening two lines, 'O hapless day! O wretched day! / I hoped you'd pass me by'?
Q08of 10
What role do the 'healthy, hulking girls and boys' play in the third stanza?
Q09of 10
In the fifth stanza, the speaker says the children's roaring and the sweetheart's 'tender grace' will combine to make him 'both juvenile and sage.' What theme does this express?
Q10of 10
How does the final stanza's opening echo—and deliberately reverse—the poem's opening stanza?
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