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INSCRIPTION FOR AN ANTIQUE PITCHER.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What liquid is actually inside the pitcher described in the poem?

Q02of 10

How is the poem's overall structure best described?

Q03of 10

What does the speaker ultimately argue about vigor and youth?

Q04of 10

Silenus is presented in the poem primarily as a symbol of what?

Q05of 10

Which poetic technique is most prominently used when the poem references Claudius and Redi?

Q06of 10

What shift in the cultural perception of Satyrs does the speaker note?

Q07of 10

The ivy crown on the brow of young Bacchus is compared to whose forehead?

Q08of 10

What is the tone of the poem's treatment of ancient mythology?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'bloodless victories' in stanza five refers to what?

Q10of 10

What is the effect of repeating the opening stanza at the poem's close, with only minor variation?

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