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MY PLAYMATES.

by Eugene Field.

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

Q01of 10

What is the dominant form/structure of 'My Playmates'?

Q02of 10

What triggers the speaker's nostalgia at the very opening of the poem?

Q03of 10

The line 'the garden where they blossomed is white with winter snow' is best understood as an example of which poetic technique?

Q04of 10

What is the primary theme of the poem?

Q05of 10

How does the speaker characterize himself by the final stanza?

Q06of 10

In the fourth stanza, one former friend is mentioned but deliberately unnamed. What does this choice most likely suggest?

Q07of 10

The repeated phrase 'What has become of' in stanzas two and three is an example of which rhetorical technique?

Q08of 10

When the speaker addresses 'O cottage 'neath the maples' and 'O trees, and hills, and brooks,' he is employing which device?

Q09of 10

The tone of 'My Playmates' is best described as:

Q10of 10

Which of the following best paraphrases what the speaker says about Hepsy Hall and Ella Cowles?

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