Q01of 10
What does the speaker say the Songo River's name is in relation to fame?
Q02of 10
The poem's final two stanzas are structured as direct speech. Who or what is the speaker of those lines?
Q03of 10
Which poetic form best describes the overall structure of 'Songo River'?
Q04of 10
In the fifth stanza, 'Tangled thickets on each side / Hang inverted' is best understood as an example of which technique?
Q05of 10
What is the central theme of the poem?
Q06of 10
The simile of 'an errant knight of old, / Lost in woodland or on wold' is used to suggest what about the river?
Q07of 10
Which word best captures the overall tone of the poem?
Q08of 10
The phrase 'unbroken equipoise' in the eighth stanza most nearly means the river moves with
Q09of 10
The loon that 'laughs and flies / Down to those reflected skies' primarily contributes which effect to the poem?
Q10of 10
The river's closing advice, 'Be not like a stream that brawls / Loud with shallow waterfalls,' uses which rhetorical device most prominently?
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