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THE HARVEST MOON.

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 Harvest Moon'?

Q02of 10

Which image does Longfellow use to open the poem's central illumination?

Q03of 10

The line 'All things are symbols' most directly introduces which theme?

Q04of 10

What does the image of 'empty nests' most plausibly symbolize in the sestet?

Q05of 10

Who or what serves as the speaker of the poem?

Q06of 10

The phrase 'mystic splendor rests' attributes which quality to the harvest moon?

Q07of 10

Which poetic technique is most evident in the octave's long, winding sentence that lists moonlit places before completing its predicate?

Q08of 10

How does the tone shift between the octave and the sestet?

Q09of 10

The closing image of 'pipings of the quail among the sheaves' contributes which sensory dimension to the poem's final lines?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, what has happened to the birds by the time of the harvest moon?

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