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THE WINDMILL.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

Who is the speaker of 'The Windmill'?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall form of the poem?

Q03of 10

In the line 'With my granite jaws I devour,' what literary technique is primarily at work?

Q04of 10

What does the windmill claim to 'devour' in the opening stanza?

Q05of 10

The phrase 'I meet it face to face / As a brave man meets his foe' is an example of which technique?

Q06of 10

What is the dominant theme of the final stanza?

Q07of 10

How does the windmill's tone shift from the early stanzas to the final stanza?

Q08of 10

What imagery does Longfellow use to convey the mill's sense of dominance over the landscape?

Q09of 10

The detail about the miller feeding the windmill 'with his hands' most directly illustrates which idea?

Q10of 10

The 'sound of flails' heard from 'threshing-floors / In barns' functions primarily to do what in the poem?

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