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HOLIDAYS.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of 'Holidays' by Longfellow?

Q02of 10

According to the poem, which holidays does the speaker consider 'holiest of all'?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'full river of feeling overflows' is best described as an example of which literary technique?

Q04of 10

The image of 'flames from ashes' is used in the poem to describe which experience?

Q05of 10

Which of the following best captures the dominant tone of the sestet (final six lines)?

Q06of 10

What is the effect of Longfellow's triple repetition of 'White as' in the sestet?

Q07of 10

The simile comparing swift desires to 'swallows singing down each wind' primarily emphasizes which quality?

Q08of 10

The poem's closing image — 'lovely as a landscape in a dream' — functions chiefly to suggest that these memories are

Q09of 10

The speaker refers to these private holidays as 'a Fairy Tale / Of some enchanted land we know not where.' This allusion most likely serves to

Q10of 10

Which statement most accurately describes the speaker's relationship to the memories discussed in the poem?

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