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CHORUS OF REEDS..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary mythological source that Longfellow draws upon in this poem?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'reeds of Arcady' establishes a setting rooted in which tradition?

Q03of 10

What does the word 'Evermore,' repeated at the opening of two successive lines, contribute to the poem?

Q04of 10

How does Longfellow characterize the nymph in the poem?

Q05of 10

The 'low lament / Of unrest and discontent' most directly refers to which physical phenomenon?

Q06of 10

What poetic technique is most evident in the lines 'Who with frightened feet outran / The pursuing steps of Pan'?

Q07of 10

The overall tone of 'Chorus of Reeds' is best described as which of the following?

Q08of 10

The poem's title, 'Chorus of Reeds,' functions as an allusion because it implies which of the following?

Q09of 10

According to the poem, what event is 'retold' and therefore perpetuated by the sound of the reeds?

Q10of 10

The poem's form — a single octave of rhyming couplets in trochaic or iambic tetrameter — reinforces its content primarily by doing which of the following?

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