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VOICES OF THE WATERS..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What primary natural event is described as feeding the water-courses in the first stanza?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'nethermost world' most likely refers to which of the following?

Q03of 10

Which poetic form best describes the overall structure of this two-stanza poem?

Q04of 10

In the second stanza, the mountains are personified as 'giants.' Which other two attributes are assigned to them in the same stanza?

Q05of 10

What is the dominant tone of the first stanza?

Q06of 10

The second stanza shifts to a series of questions. What literary technique does this represent?

Q07of 10

The image of mountains 'Flung in the meadows their shields' is best understood as a metaphor for which natural phenomenon?

Q08of 10

Which classical or mythological allusion is most strongly evoked by describing the mountains as 'giants' equipped with helmets and shields?

Q09of 10

The poem's speaker addresses an unspecified listener with the word 'Say' at the start of the second stanza. What effect does this word create?

Q10of 10

Which of the following best states the central theme of the poem as a whole?

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