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WITH A PAIR OF GLOVES LOST IN A WAGER.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What did the speaker wager would happen with the weather?

Q02of 10

What is the speaker's tone when he says 'I should hint sharp practice if I dared'?

Q03of 10

The poem's central conceit rests on which figurative identification?

Q04of 10

What is the structural form of this poem?

Q05of 10

What does the phrase 'sharp practice' most nearly mean in context?

Q06of 10

Why does the speaker ultimately consider his loss in the wager no real loss at all?

Q07of 10

The title mentions gloves lost in a wager. What role do the gloves play within the poem's four lines?

Q08of 10

Which poetic technique is most prominent in the final question, 'who made the sunshine we together shared?'

Q09of 10

The phrase 'beforehand sure to gain' suggests which idea about the nature of the wager?

Q10of 10

The poem as a whole can best be described as a compliment disguised as what?

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