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IRMINGARD..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

The poem 'Irmingard' is primarily structured as:

Q02of 10

In the opening stanza, the moon emerging from clouds with 'tender and quiet grace' is used primarily to:

Q03of 10

Which literary technique does Longfellow use in 'Gallant, graceful, gentle, tall' to describe Walter?

Q04of 10

When Irmingard compares hearing Walter call her name to 'the archangel's trump of doom,' she is drawing on a biblical allusion to convey that:

Q05of 10

What choice does Irmingard's father present to her after she refuses to marry Prince Henry of Hoheneck?

Q06of 10

During the midnight escape, the foaming brook is personified chiefly to:

Q07of 10

After waking from her swoon, Irmingard sees a cross of light made on the wall by the narrow window bars. Her immediate reaction is best described as:

Q08of 10

The central thematic transformation in 'Irmingard' can best be described as:

Q09of 10

Longfellow compares the convent community to 'the Virgins Seven' in order to:

Q10of 10

At the poem's close, why does Irmingard say she will go to the chapel rather than sleep?

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