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CARILLON.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What specific Flemish city provides the physical setting for 'Carillon'?

Q02of 10

The word 'carillon' in the title refers to which structural element of the poem?

Q03of 10

In the fourth stanza, Longfellow compares a poet's rhymes to bells scattered 'on the roofs and stones.' What is the dominant tone of this comparison?

Q04of 10

Which figure of speech best describes 'deep sonorous clangor / Calmly answering their sweet anger'?

Q05of 10

The phrase 'belfry of his brain' is an example of which literary device?

Q06of 10

In the fifth stanza, who is the 'sleepless wight' who may truly appreciate the poet's art?

Q07of 10

What imagery does Longfellow use to convey the speaker's half-waking state in the third stanza?

Q08of 10

What is the emotional climax described for the ideal listener at the end of the fifth stanza?

Q09of 10

The poem's refrain-like repetition of 'the ancient town of Bruges' most closely mirrors which formal quality of the carillon bells themselves?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, why does the average person fail to appreciate the poet's art during daylight hours?

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