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When You Are Old.

by W. B. Yeats.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary setting established in the opening stanza of the poem?

Q02of 10

What poetic form best describes the structure of 'When You Are Old'?

Q03of 10

What does the phrase 'pilgrim soul in you' most likely signify?

Q04of 10

How does the speaker distinguish his own love from that of the 'many' who admired the beloved?

Q05of 10

What technique does Yeats use when he personifies love in the final stanza?

Q06of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem overall?

Q07of 10

In the final stanza, love 'hid his face amid a crowd of stars.' What is the primary effect of this cosmic image?

Q08of 10

The poem is largely addressed in the second person ('you'). What is the primary rhetorical effect of this choice?

Q09of 10

Which of the following best describes an allusion or intertextual connection relevant to this poem?

Q10of 10

What does the imagery of 'glowing bars' in the final stanza most directly refer to?

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