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WILL EVER THE DEAR DAYS COME BACK AGAIN?.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the dominant setting established in the opening quatrain of the poem?

Q02of 10

Which poetic form does this poem follow?

Q03of 10

How does the speaker characterize the lingering presence of the beloved?

Q04of 10

What does the phrase 'a phantom of the heart, and not the brain' most clearly suggest about the nature of the speaker's memory?

Q05of 10

In the sestet, each spoken word is compared to what?

Q06of 10

What technique does Longfellow use in describing bluebirds singing 'their sonnets'?

Q07of 10

What emotion is captured in the closing whisper, 'Open, I cannot wait!'?

Q08of 10

What is the overall tone of the poem's opening rhetorical question?

Q09of 10

The imagery of 'leaves that roofed them in from sun or rain' primarily conveys which idea?

Q10of 10

The speaker states 'I know not' in response to the opening question. What does this admission reveal?

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