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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

FOUR BY THE CLOCK..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What time does the speaker identify at the opening of the poem?

Q02of 10

Which phrase best describes the poem's overall form?

Q03of 10

What single source of light does the speaker notice in the darkness?

Q04of 10

The phrase 'the great world rolls and wheels away' is best understood as an example of which literary technique?

Q05of 10

What does the 'dawn that is to be' primarily symbolize in the poem?

Q06of 10

Which word most accurately captures the poem's overall tone?

Q07of 10

The speaker's position—alone by the sea before dawn—primarily establishes which aspect of the poem?

Q08of 10

What sensory detail dominates the poem's second stanza?

Q09of 10

The metaphor of the sea's 'heavy breathing' most effectively conveys which idea?

Q10of 10

The epigraph 'Nahant, September 8, 1880' primarily serves which function in the poem?

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