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THE BOY AND THE BROOK.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of 'The Boy and the Brook'?

Q02of 10

Which poetic technique is most clearly illustrated by the phrase 'the new snow on the old'?

Q03of 10

The refrain 'O my brooklet cool and sweet' appears in each of the brook's answers. What is its primary function?

Q04of 10

In the final stanza, the brook says it rises to 'kiss her chin' at the fountain. What does this detail most likely represent?

Q05of 10

Which literary device is central to the brook's characterization throughout the poem?

Q06of 10

What is the dominant theme of the poem?

Q07of 10

The nightingale appears in the third destination stanza. What is its traditional symbolic role in Romantic and earlier European poetry?

Q08of 10

How does the poem's setting shift as the brook describes its journey?

Q09of 10

In the opening stanza, why does the boy come to the brook?

Q10of 10

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

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