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TO IANTHE..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of 'To Ianthe'?

Q02of 10

In the opening lines, the speaker says the baby's 'tender frame' is 'eloquently weak.' What literary device is primarily at work in this phrase?

Q03of 10

Which image does Shelley use to describe the infant Ianthe directly in line 12?

Q04of 10

According to the poem's emotional logic, when is Ianthe 'Dearest' to the speaker?

Q05of 10

The phrase 'love and pity, in her glances blending' most directly refers to whose glances?

Q06of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem?

Q07of 10

The poem opens 'I love thee, Baby! for thine own sweet sake.' How does this stated reason evolve by the poem's conclusion?

Q08of 10

In line 10, the phrase 'beneath her spotless bosom' is most likely an allusion to which concept?

Q09of 10

Which structural feature most reinforces the poem's emotional intensification toward its conclusion?

Q10of 10

What does the word 'recur' (line 11) tell us the speaker is doing as he looks at Ianthe?

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