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TO THE RIVER CHARLES..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What does the speaker offer the river as a form of repayment for its gifts?

Q02of 10

How long does the speaker say he has observed the River Charles?

Q03of 10

The poem is addressed directly to the river throughout. This sustained use of direct address is an example of which poetic device?

Q04of 10

In the stanza beginning 'Not for this alone I love thee,' the speaker suggests the river's blue color derives from which source?

Q05of 10

Which best describes the poem's dominant metaphor linking the river to human existence?

Q06of 10

The phrase 'like quivering flames they start' in stanza 9 refers to which subject?

Q07of 10

What is the overall tone of the poem?

Q08of 10

Which phrase best identifies the poem's stanza form?

Q09of 10

In stanza 7, the speaker says friends 'have made thy margin dear.' The word 'margin' here most likely means which of the following?

Q10of 10

When the speaker watches the river 'in sadness and in illness' and says 'the beauty of its stillness / Overflowed me, like a tide,' what effect does the river have on him?

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