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QuizMultiple Choice

Make it New!: Early Modernism — Test

Question 1 • CMS 2026-2027 English III CREDIT RECOVERY

Read the poem “Roses,” by George Eliot. You love the roses—so do I. I wish The sky would rain down roses, as they rain From off the shaken bush. Why will it not? Then all the valley would be pink and white And soft to tread on. They would fall as light As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be Like sleeping and like waking, all at once! What is the main style difference between “Roses” and "Night"?

Answer
A
“Roses” uses a more modern form.
B
“Night” uses trochaic pentameter.
C
“Night” uses a rhyme scheme.
D
“Roses” uses iambic pentameter.
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