Q01of 10
What is the dominant metaphor Longfellow uses in the sestet (final six lines) to describe the future great poet?
Q02of 10
The phrase 'bows half bent' in the octave refers to which quality Longfellow admires in past poets?
Q03of 10
The word 'argosies' in line 5 most nearly means which of the following?
Q04of 10
What is the rhyme scheme of 'Possibilities'?
Q05of 10
The speaker's tone shifts between the octave and the sestet in which of the following ways?
Q06of 10
To what does the phrase 'Olympian heights' allude?
Q07of 10
Which best describes the 'dreamy boy, untaught / In schools' that Longfellow envisions?
Q08of 10
The image of 'singing shafts' sent 'straight to the mark' primarily conveys which quality of the admired poets?
Q09of 10
Why does Longfellow most likely describe the future poet's charted territory as 'lands not yet laid down in any chart'?
Q10of 10
'Possibilities' is structured as a Petrarchan sonnet. How does this structure reinforce the poem's argument?
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