Q01of 10
What is the primary source through which the story of Thyri is conveyed throughout the poem?
Q02of 10
Which phrase best describes the structural role of 'Hoist up your sails of silk' as it appears in the poem?
Q03of 10
What does the refrain 'flee away from each other' most likely symbolize in the context of the poem's narrative?
Q04of 10
The poem notes that Thyri was wed to King Burislaf and 'a sorrowful bride went she.' What does this detail establish about her marriage?
Q05of 10
How does Longfellow escalate the spread of the rumor from the first stanza to the fifth?
Q06of 10
The poem states the town is 'all in dismay' upon Thyri's arrival at King Olaf's court. What is the most likely cause of this dismay?
Q07of 10
Which poetic technique is most clearly demonstrated in the lines 'through heat and through cold, / Through weald...and through wold'?
Q08of 10
The speaker of this poem is best characterized as which of the following?
Q09of 10
The poem's fifth stanza describes the news of Olaf's marriage to Thyri as something that 'roars like a flame that is fanned.' This figure of speech is an example of which technique?
Q10of 10
The poem's title refers to 'A LITTLE BIRD IN THE AIR.' In common English idiom, this phrase is associated with which broader concept that the poem embodies?
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