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BAYARD TAYLOR.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

Where does the poem tell us Bayard Taylor physically died?

Q02of 10

What structural device does Longfellow use to open and close the poem?

Q03of 10

In the simile comparing the volumes to statues, what tomb does Longfellow invoke?

Q04of 10

The traveller-and-inn metaphor conveys which central theme?

Q05of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem?

Q06of 10

In the lines 'Thou hast sung, with organ tone, / In Deukalion's life, thine own,' what literary technique is primarily at work?

Q07of 10

What does the phrase 'organ tone' in line 22 most likely describe?

Q08of 10

The speaker addresses Taylor successively as 'Traveller,' 'Poet,' and 'Friend.' What is the effect of this triple apostrophe?

Q09of 10

What image in the poem suggests that Taylor's greatest work emerged from personal suffering or ruins?

Q10of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's metrical form?

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