Q01of 10
The speaker opens the poem by saying the children's play has caused something to happen to questions that once 'perplexed' him. What happened to those questions?
Q02of 10
In the second stanza, 'thoughts are singing swallows' is an example of which poetic technique?
Q03of 10
What does the contrast between 'birds and the sunshine' in children's hearts and 'the wind of Autumn' in the speaker's mind primarily establish?
Q04of 10
In stanzas five and six, Longfellow compares children to leaves on a forest. What is the primary function of this extended simile?
Q05of 10
The phrase 'sunny atmosphere' in the seventh stanza most likely refers to which of the following?
Q06of 10
What is the speaker's attitude toward 'the wisdom of our books' as expressed in the eighth stanza?
Q07of 10
The final two lines — 'For ye are living poems, / And all the rest are dead' — serve mainly to do which of the following?
Q08of 10
The repeated invocation 'Come to me, O ye children!' at the start and in the seventh stanza functions structurally as which device?
Q09of 10
The line 'We should dread the desert behind us / Worse than the dark before' uses which pair of images to convey fear?
Q10of 10
Which of the following best describes the overall tone of 'Children' by Longfellow?
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