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DECORATION DAY.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is 'Decoration Day' referring to in the context of this poem?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'Field of the Grounded Arms' most likely refers to what?

Q03of 10

Which poetic form best describes the structure of this poem?

Q04of 10

The line 'It is the Truce of God!' is best understood as an allusion to what concept?

Q05of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem?

Q06of 10

In the final stanza, the line 'Yours has the suffering been, / The memory shall be ours' establishes what relationship between the living and the dead?

Q07of 10

The imagery of 'Your silent tents of green' in the fifth stanza most likely refers to what?

Q08of 10

Which literary technique is most prominently used in the second stanza?

Q09of 10

Who is the speaker addressing throughout the poem?

Q10of 10

The metaphor of 'thoughts of men' serving 'as sentinels' in stanza five suggests what?

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