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GOOD-CHILDREN STREET.

by Eugene Field.

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

Q01of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall structure of 'Good-Children Street'?

Q02of 10

What is the primary function of the refrain 'days they are golden and days they are fleet' repeated across the poem?

Q03of 10

In the fourth stanza, the description of Odette's doll — missing an eye, with a shrill voice, and lacking feet — is best understood as an example of which literary technique?

Q04of 10

Who is the speaker of this poem most likely to be?

Q05of 10

What does the angel descending at night most likely symbolize in the poem?

Q06of 10

The image of children playing soldier — with 'guns painted red' and a captain on a stick-horse — primarily serves to:

Q07of 10

The phrase 'sunshine of love illumines each face' in the first stanza is an example of which technique?

Q08of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem's final stanza?

Q09of 10

According to the poem, what specific condition afflicts Odette's doll that the speaker describes as 'asthmatic'ly shrill'?

Q10of 10

The poem's recurring use of catalogues — listing 'dollies and tin tops and drums' or 'guns painted red, / and swords, caps, and plumes' — contributes most to which effect?

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