Q01of 10
What structural form does Longfellow use throughout the poem?
Q02of 10
In the simile 'Like a great galleon wrecked and cast / Ashore by storms,' what is being compared to the wrecked ship?
Q03of 10
What is the central theme of the poem?
Q04of 10
According to the poem, how did death affect Colonna's devotion to Pescara?
Q05of 10
Who is the speaker of the poem, and what is his relationship to the events described?
Q06of 10
What poetic technique is most evident in 'The respiration of the sea, / The soft caresses of the air'?
Q07of 10
What is the tone of the stanza beginning 'She knew the life-long martyrdom'?
Q08of 10
What historical or literary allusion is embedded in the title and dedicatory note?
Q09of 10
In the sun-and-mist stanza, the line 'Transmutes to gold the leaden mist' most likely refers to which transformation in Colonna's life?
Q10of 10
According to the poem, what finally gave Colonna's 'o'erburdened heart' release from its imprisonment?
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