Analysis of Poem

The poem is developed mainly through

• Rhyme

• Iambic pentameter

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Conceit

The word “Thou” in line 1 indicates

• The poem is a letter

• The poem is an invocation

• The poem is employing apostrophe

• The speaker uses arcane vocabulary to make a point

• The poem is outdated

The poem contains all of the following devices except

• Enjambment

• Imagery

• Personification

• Explicit metaphor

• Exact rhyme

The words "drudge" (5) and "judge" (6) are examples of

• Internal Rhyme

• Feminine rhyme

• Slant rhyme

• Masculine rhyme

• iambs

The speaker implies her book is all of the following except

• Inchoate

• Disseminated prematurely

• Fallible

• Irreparable

• Polemical

Who is the subject of the verb "Made" (5)?

• The press

• Friends

• The speaker

• The book

• The offspring

The tone of the poem is

• mournful

• nurturing

• self-deprecating

• vengeful

• acerbic

The poem’s rhythm is composed of

• I only

• I and II only

• II and III only

• I and III only

• I, II, and III

The relationship between speaker and her addressee is most similar to the relationship between

• A teacher and a student

• A nurturing father and child

• A boss and an employee

• A fastidious artist and her painting

• A director and an actor

The main topic of the poem is

• An artist’s relationship with her work

• An artist’s dislike for her work

• The need for editing before publication

• Unreasonable critics

• The hardships of motherhood