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SONGO RIVER.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

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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