Q01of 10
What is the most accurate paraphrase of the poem's central argument?
Q02of 10
The phrase 'words, like mortals' is an example of which literary technique?
Q03of 10
What does Longfellow mean by calling a fatherland their own in the context of words?
Q04of 10
Which best describes the tone of 'RHYMES'?
Q05of 10
The poem's structure consists of which of the following?
Q06of 10
Who is the implied audience Longfellow addresses as 'strangers'?
Q07of 10
The phrase 'sound not well in strangers' ears' primarily appeals to which sense?
Q08of 10
What rhetorical strategy does Longfellow use in lines 1–2 when he says critics need only 'bethink them that it happens so with theirs'?
Q09of 10
The extended metaphor comparing words to 'mortals' who 'call a fatherland their own' most closely supports which theme?
Q10of 10
Which phrase from the poem most directly states Longfellow's conclusion about how poetry is received?
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