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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

BY JENS IMMANUEL BAGGESEN.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What does the speaker most likely mean when he says 'tears do fall' as he recalls his childhood?

Q02of 10

In the poem, what is the speaker's primary structural choice for organizing the poem?

Q03of 10

Which image best represents the speaker's childhood sense of wonder about the natural world?

Q04of 10

What is the dominant tone of the final stanza of the poem?

Q05of 10

The speaker describes the stars as 'like points in heaven.' What literary technique is this?

Q06of 10

In the stanza beginning 'Wondering, I saw God's sun,' what phenomenon puzzles and amazes the child speaker?

Q07of 10

For whom does the speaker NOT explicitly pray in the stanza describing his childhood prayers?

Q08of 10

What theme is most consistently developed across the entire poem?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'pearls of heaven thick-strung together' is an example of which poetic technique?

Q10of 10

What does the repeated use of the word 'perished' in the final stanza emphasize?

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