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THE BELEAGUERED CITY..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

The poem is divided into two distinct parts. What best describes the structural relationship between them?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best identifies the speaker's role in the poem?

Q03of 10

In the line 'White as a sea-fog, landward bound,' what literary technique is primarily being used?

Q04of 10

What causes the phantom army to disperse in both halves of the poem?

Q05of 10

What does 'the River of Life' in the second half of the poem correspond to in the first half?

Q06of 10

The phrase 'the marvellous heart of man' is best understood as referring to which of the following?

Q07of 10

Which of the following themes is MOST central to the poem as a whole?

Q08of 10

The tone of the first half of the poem can best be described as which of the following?

Q09of 10

What is the function of the 'morning star' image that appears near the end of each half of the poem?

Q10of 10

In the stanza beginning 'No other voice nor sound was there,' which detail most powerfully emphasizes the unnatural silence of the spectral army?

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