Q01of 10
What is the primary structural form of 'My Cathedral'?
Q02of 10
In the opening lines, to what does Longfellow compare the pine trees?
Q03of 10
The phrase 'fretted summits tipped with cones' most likely uses 'fretted' to suggest which quality of the pines?
Q04of 10
Which of the following best states the central theme of the poem?
Q05of 10
The poem's speaker can best be described as someone who is:
Q06of 10
Which rhetorical technique is most prominently used in the sestet (lines 9–14)?
Q07of 10
What role do 'the birds / In leafy galleries beneath the eaves' play in the poem's extended metaphor?
Q08of 10
The line 'No organ but the wind here sighs and moans' is best described as which poetic technique?
Q09of 10
The references to 'a martyr's bones' and 'a marble bishop on his tomb' serve primarily to:
Q10of 10
What does 'the pavement, carpeted with leaves, / Gives back a softened echo' tell us about the atmosphere of the forest cathedral?
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