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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

BOSTON.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What event destroyed the original priory founded by St. Botolph in Lincolnshire?

Q02of 10

This poem is written in which poetic form?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'echoed in another hemisphere' most directly refers to which idea?

Q04of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's central theme?

Q05of 10

The image of 'sculptured walls and painted panes' is best understood as a symbol of what?

Q06of 10

How does the speaker's tone shift between the octave and the sestet?

Q07of 10

The repeated exclamation 'St. Botolph's Town!' at the opening of each stanza functions primarily as which literary device?

Q08of 10

The closing image of 'a landmark, and a symbol of the power / That lies concentred in a single word' suggests which idea about language?

Q09of 10

The description of St. Botolph as coming 'in garb austere' across 'plains / And fens of Lincolnshire' primarily establishes which quality?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, what single thing survives from St. Botolph's original priory?

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