Q01of 10
What specific annual occasion is celebrated throughout the poem?
Q02of 10
The poem is structured with alternating narrative stanzas and a dramatic dialogue. What form does the dialogue take in the latter half of the poem?
Q03of 10
In the line 'sooty of face as a swallow of wing,' the simile primarily emphasizes which quality of the chimney-sweeps?
Q04of 10
What does the phrase 'Jack-in-the-green' refer to in the context of the poem?
Q05of 10
Which stanza most directly acknowledges Cheltenham's historical cruelty toward the chimney-sweep boys?
Q06of 10
The mysterious pedlar singer is treated with a tone best described as which of the following?
Q07of 10
In the pedlar's song, what event 'broke our hearts and filled 'em with the glory of the may'?
Q08of 10
The 'Lady May' figure in the poem functions primarily as which type of literary device?
Q09of 10
What is the symbolic significance of the sweeps wearing 'may-coats of gold and green and crimson'?
Q10of 10
The final stanza's vision of a future Lady who will say 'I am looking for my children. Awake, and come away' most closely echoes the thematic register of which of the following?
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