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RETRIBUTION.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the central theme of 'Retribution'?

Q02of 10

Which extended metaphor structures the entire poem?

Q03of 10

What does the phrase 'grind exceeding small' most directly suggest?

Q04of 10

Who or what is described as standing with patience in the poem?

Q05of 10

What is the tone of 'Retribution'?

Q06of 10

The poem's structure — two rhyming lines of roughly equal length — is best described as:

Q07of 10

The word 'retribution' in the title most closely means:

Q08of 10

Which literary technique is most prominent in the line 'the mills of God grind slowly'?

Q09of 10

The contrast between 'slowly' and 'exceeding small' in the first line serves primarily to:

Q10of 10

This poem is considered a loose translation of a verse by the German epigrammatist Friedrich von Logau. What does this origin suggest about the poem's allusive character?

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