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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

TO A.C.L..

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of this poem?

Q02of 10

In Sonnet I, the extended simile compares A.C.L. to which of the following?

Q03of 10

What does the speaker claim adversity has done to A.C.L.'s 'faith in happiness'?

Q04of 10

In Sonnet II, the speaker describes himself without his beloved as 'naked, bleak, and bare / As yon dead cedar.' What technique is this?

Q05of 10

What thematic contrast is central to Sonnet I?

Q06of 10

The closing image of Sonnet II—'a stream which still / Slips through the wheel of some old ruined mill'—most nearly conveys which idea?

Q07of 10

What does A.C.L. provide to the speaker's 'calmer soul,' according to Sonnet II?

Q08of 10

What is the tone of Sonnet I toward A.C.L.?

Q09of 10

Which literary device is most prominent in the phrase 'cleared thine inner eyes to see'?

Q10of 10

The phrase 'those who see / Beyond the earthly and the fugitive' in Sonnet II refers to people who do what?

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