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Quiz — Storgy

TO M.L..

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

In the first stanza, the phrase 'A lily-bud not opened quite' most directly conveys that the subject is:

Q02of 10

Which poetic form best describes the overall structure of 'To M.L.'?

Q03of 10

In the second stanza, the speaker's 'tears to my glad eyes' are best understood as expressing:

Q04of 10

The image 'the warm deeps of thy golden heart' relies primarily on which technique?

Q05of 10

The word 'quicken' in 'To quicken its faint germs of heavenly lore' most nearly means:

Q06of 10

Which theme is MOST central to the third stanza?

Q07of 10

What is the speaker's attitude toward death as expressed in 'Glad death may pluck thee'?

Q08of 10

The repeated opening line 'A lily thou wast when I saw thee first' functions structurally as:

Q09of 10

The poem's tone shifts across its three stanzas in which of the following progressions?

Q10of 10

The phrase 'gold dust of thy bloom divine' in the third stanza most likely alludes to:

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