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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

BY DIEGO DE SALDANA.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

The word 'tristful' in the opening line most nearly means:

Q02of 10

What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza ('Eyes so tristful...made me wakeful, wistful')?

Q03of 10

What has directly caused the speaker's loss of rest, according to the opening stanza?

Q04of 10

The phrase 'life of labor endless' functions primarily as:

Q05of 10

How does the speaker characterize his own soul in the second stanza?

Q06of 10

The repeated phrase 'Ye have made me' in the final stanza is best identified as which poetic technique?

Q07of 10

The poem's closing lines confess the speaker 'dare not / Say to what ye have betrayed me.' This ambiguity primarily serves to:

Q08of 10

The overall tone of the poem can best be described as:

Q09of 10

This poem is presented as a translation 'by Diego de Saldana.' What is the most likely literary significance of this attribution?

Q10of 10

The image of being 'lapped in rest and slumber' before the eyes intruded suggests the speaker's prior state was one of:

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