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RAIN IN SUMMER.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall structure of 'Rain in Summer'?

Q02of 10

In the opening stanza, the exclamation 'How beautiful is the rain!' is repeated. What literary term best describes this repetition?

Q03of 10

The simile comparing the rain's sound to 'the tramp of hoofs' primarily appeals to which of the following?

Q04of 10

What is the most accurate paraphrase of the sick man's experience of the rain?

Q05of 10

How does the farmer's perception of the rain differ from the poet's?

Q06of 10

The figure of 'Aquarius old / Walking the fenceless fields of air' is best understood as what kind of literary device?

Q07of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem's final stanza?

Q08of 10

The image of the water-drops following a path 'Down to the graves of the dead' and then rising again on 'the bridge of colors seven' most directly conveys which theme?

Q09of 10

In the stanza describing schoolboys, their toy boats are called 'mimic fleets' and their puddle a 'turbulent ocean.' What technique does Longfellow use here?

Q10of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's speaker?

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