Q01of 10
What form best describes the structure of 'An Elder'?
Q02of 10
Which central image does Longfellow use to represent the elderly speaker's sense of irrelevance?
Q03of 10
What does the speaker mean by calling themselves 'yesterdays'?
Q04of 10
Who is the speaker in the poem?
Q05of 10
What is the predominant tone of the poem?
Q06of 10
Which literary technique is most prominent in the phrase 'Dry leaves that rustle, / That make a little sound, and then are dust'?
Q07of 10
What does the exclamation 'The world is changed' accomplish at the opening of the poem?
Q08of 10
The phrase 'have no part / Or portion in to-day' is an example of which technique?
Q09of 10
Which theme does Longfellow most centrally explore in 'An Elder'?
Q10of 10
According to the poem, what brief action do the 'dry leaves' perform before becoming dust?
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