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LOSS AND GAIN.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall structure of 'Loss and Gain' in terms of stanzas and their progression?

Q02of 10

Which rhyme scheme is used consistently across all three stanzas of the poem?

Q03of 10

What does the image of an arrow 'fallen short or been turned aside' most directly represent?

Q04of 10

What is the primary theme of 'Loss and Gain'?

Q05of 10

Who is the speaker in this poem?

Q06of 10

The question 'But who shall dare / To measure loss and gain in this wise?' functions primarily as what rhetorical device?

Q07of 10

What is the tone of the poem's final stanza compared to the first two stanzas?

Q08of 10

The closing line, 'The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide,' draws on which type of imagery?

Q09of 10

In the first stanza, the phrase 'little room do I find for pride' most likely means which of the following?

Q10of 10

Which poetic technique is most evident in the parallel construction 'What I have lost with what I have gained, / What I have missed with what attained'?

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