Q01of 10
What is the dominant structural feature of each stanza in 'The Humming Birds'?
Q02of 10
In the line 'Those irised darts,' to what does 'irised darts' most likely refer?
Q03of 10
What is the central extended metaphor of the poem?
Q04of 10
The phrase 'brave migration out of Paradise' implies which of the following about the hummingbirds?
Q05of 10
What does the speaker mean by 'a redder honey than bees know'?
Q06of 10
Which best describes the tone of the opening two stanzas?
Q07of 10
The closing line, 'and, when it falls, they go,' most directly conveys which thematic idea?
Q08of 10
Noyes calls the hummingbirds 'Petulant imps of light.' Which poetic technique is most prominently used in this phrase?
Q09of 10
According to the poem, what distinguishes the one tree the hummingbirds choose from all the other blooming trees?
Q10of 10
The speaker refers to the hummingbirds as 'winged and tiny denizens of the sky.' In context, who are the true 'denizens of the sky' being described at that point in the poem?
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