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WIRELESS.

by Alfred Noyes.

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

Q01of 10

What is the central structural device Noyes uses to develop the poem's argument across stanzas 3 and 4?

Q02of 10

In the line 'Decks where death is wallowing green,' the word 'wallowing' most likely evokes which of the following?

Q03of 10

The poem's title 'Wireless' functions primarily as which kind of literary device?

Q04of 10

What is the most plausible identity of the speaker in this poem?

Q05of 10

The phrase 'flickering threads between' in stanza 2 most directly refers to which phenomenon?

Q06of 10

Which literary allusion is embedded in the phrase 'a little child may lead them' in the final stanza?

Q07of 10

The tone of the poem's final two stanzas ('You shall guide…') is best described as which of the following?

Q08of 10

In stanza 4, the image 'Fleet on fleet of angel ships' is best understood as conveying which idea?

Q09of 10

Which of the following best describes the metrical pattern used consistently throughout the poem?

Q10of 10

According to the poem's literal narrative, where is the person being addressed located while they are told to pray?

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