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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

TO ROBIN GOODFELLOW.

by Eugene Field.

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

Q01of 10

The poem is written in which verse form?

Q02of 10

What does the speaker mean when she says, 'you dinna find me sleepin''?

Q03of 10

The dialect words 'braes,' 'gowans,' and 'simmer-dew' are drawn primarily from which linguistic tradition?

Q04of 10

In the second stanza, the imagery of bluebells ringing and fairies dancing on 'banks an' braes' primarily conveys which of the following?

Q05of 10

What bargain does the speaker strike with Bawsy-brown in the third and fourth stanzas?

Q06of 10

The instruction to 'pinch the wench in yonder room' at the poem's end shifts the tone in which direction?

Q07of 10

The moonbeam described as having 'wi' crickets ben a-jinkin'' uses 'jinkin'' to suggest what kind of movement?

Q08of 10

The speaker's characterization of the rival girl—'her shelves be dust and her pans be rust'—functions primarily as which literary technique?

Q09of 10

Robin Goodfellow, the poem's central figure, is best identified as an allusion to which tradition?

Q10of 10

The overall speaker of the poem is best described as which of the following?

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