Fireside Poets — Unit test

Question 1

What is the purpose of the third stanza of "Auspex"?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It contrasts the image of the birds from the first stanza.

Question 2

In "Auspex," the phrase “dead leaves and snow” at the end of the first stanza implies that the speaker is experiencing

Revolt · Accepted Answer

an absence of love or passion.

Question 3

How are the speakers of "Auspex" and "A Psalm of Life" similar?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Both contemplate a kind of loss.

Question 4

What is the rhyme scheme of "A Psalm of Life"?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

ABAB

Fireside Poets — Unit test Answers