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SONG OF THE BELL.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary subject addressed directly throughout the poem?

Q02of 10

Which poetic form best describes the structure of 'Song of the Bell'?

Q03of 10

In the first stanza, what occasion is associated with the bell sounding 'merrily'?

Q04of 10

The image of 'Fields deserted lie' in the first stanza primarily conveys which of the following?

Q05of 10

In the third stanza, the speaker calls the bell 'metal dull.' What literary tension does this phrase create?

Q06of 10

Which theme is most central to the poem as a whole?

Q07of 10

What does the speaker attribute as the source of the bell's emotional power in the final stanza?

Q08of 10

The line 'Thou alone canst raise it' refers to which of the following situations?

Q09of 10

The poem's overall tone can best be described as which of the following?

Q10of 10

The rhetorical questions 'how canst thou mourn? / How canst thou rejoice?' serve which function in the poem?

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