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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

To the sound _ou_ he prefixes an _e_ (hard to exemplify otherwise.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary structural technique Lowell uses in this piece?

Q02of 10

The line 'Neow is the winta uv eour discontent' is a phonetic rendering of the opening of which Shakespeare play?

Q03of 10

What does the spelling 'eour' throughout the poem represent phonetically?

Q04of 10

What is the dominant tone of Lowell's piece?

Q05of 10

In the final line, 'the lascivious pleasin' uv a loot,' what does 'loot' stand for?

Q06of 10

What is the speaker's implied role in this text?

Q07of 10

The word rendered as 'monimunce' in the poem corresponds to which word in Shakespeare's original?

Q08of 10

Which literary device is most central to the poem's comic effect?

Q09of 10

What does the image of 'bare-bid steeds,' a rendering of 'barbed steeds,' primarily suggest about dialect phonology?

Q10of 10

By framing the dialect transcription as a scholarly note on phonetics, Lowell primarily achieves which effect?

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