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MY BOOKS.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

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What is the overall form of 'My Books' by Longfellow?

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In the opening octave, the medieval knight gazes at his suspended arms because he

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The central extended metaphor of the poem compares the speaker's books to

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Which phrase best captures the poem's dominant tone?

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The image of 'tears but half concealed' falling on the knight's 'beard of white' primarily serves to

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When the speaker calls his books 'my ornaments and arms of other days,' the word 'ornaments' suggests that the books now function primarily as

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The phrase 'not wholly useless, though no longer used' is best described as an example of

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The 'pleasant ways / In which I walked, now clouded and confused' refers most directly to

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Which literary device is most prominent in the poem's structure as a whole?

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The allusion to a 'mediaeval knight' and his 'tourney or adventure in the field' most likely serves to

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