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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

SEAWEED.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the central extended metaphor of the poem?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's stanza form?

Q03of 10

The repeated stanza beginning 'Ever drifting, drifting, drifting' functions primarily as which poetic device?

Q04of 10

What does the phrase 'isles enchanted, / Heaven has planted / With the golden fruit of Truth' most likely represent?

Q05of 10

Which literary technique is most prominent in the line 'Silver-flashing / Surges of San Salvador'?

Q06of 10

What is the grammatical and rhetorical role of the storm-wind in the poem's opening stanza?

Q07of 10

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

Q08of 10

The 'wreck of Hopes far-scattered, / Tempest-shattered' in the seventh stanza most directly corresponds to which element in the poem's literal oceanic narrative?

Q09of 10

Which of the following best identifies the poem's speaker and his relationship to the subject matter?

Q10of 10

In stanza three, 'the Orkneyan skerries' and 'the hoarse Hebrides' are included primarily to accomplish what?

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