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Questions 1-5 of 10:

1.

The language in "One Art" is: (from Lines 1 – 19)

Elevated and fanciful.

Stylized and formal.

Idiomatic and particular.

Simple and direct.

2.

A tercet and a quatrain have, respectively: (from Lines 1 – 19)

Three and six lines.

Three and four lines.

Four and seven lines.

Four and three lines.

3.

The tone of "One Art": (from Lines 1 – 19)

Changes in each stanza.

Remains constant throughout the poem.

Shifts in the final stanza.

Is irrelevant to the poem.

4.

The poem employs which of the following: (from Lines 1 – 19)

Apostrophe.

Enjambment.

Regular rhyme scheme.

All of the above.

5.

What is the irony in the poem? (from Lines 1 – 19)

The speaker claims that she owned “two cities” (13) and “two rivers” (14) and even “a continent” (14), but nobody can actually own those things.

The speaker speaks of loss, but has never lost anything.

The speaker claims that it is easy to lose things, but the poem makes clear that this is not always the case.

The title of the poem is "One Art," but in fact there are many art forms.

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