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The Lucy Poems Quiz for "Strange fits of passion have I known"

1 Whom is the speaker planning to visit in the poem?
His lover

His best friend

His father

His mother
2 At which time of day does the poem take place?
Early morning

Night

Noon

Late afternoon
3 What is the tone of the poem?
angry and sad

joyful and postiive

mysterious and romantic

frightening and confusing
4 "Fresh as a rose" is an example of
a simile

a metaphor

a paradox

onomatopoeia
5 Which words give the impression that the speaker is drawing closer to his destination?
hoof after hoof

step after step

house after house

path after path
6 Which of the following does the moon seem to represent?
neither of these answers

a symbol of the speaker's lover

a guiding light

both of these answers
7 The moon is depicted as all of the following except:
descending

sinking

evening

dancing
8 What are the "strange fits of passion"?
the speaker's artistic impulses

the speaker's desire to marry his lover

the speaker's anxiety and fear over losing his lover

the speaker's occasional outbursts of anger
9 The atmosphere of the poem as a whole may be described as
disturbing

dreamlike

melancholy

romantic
10 What is the speaker's destination?
a farm

an apartment

a cottage

a plantation
11 What seems to suddenly provoke the speaker's fits of passion?
the sight of a dropped moon

the realization that he does not know where his lover lives

an accident with his horse

the sight of his lover
12 Which of the following are not mentioned as part of the landscape?
the cottage

the orchard-plot

the hill

the barn
13 "In one of those sweet dreams I slept" contains an example of
alliteration

understatement

assonance

personification
14 The image of the moon at the poem's conclusion creates a sense of
love

foreboding

joy

calm
15 The comparison of Lucy to a rose suggests that she is
mortal

beautiful

fragile

all of these answers

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Solitude:

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If you were Lucy how would you feel about William Wordsworth?

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