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WOODSTOCK PARK.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the rhyme scheme of 'Woodstock Park,' and to what poetic form does it belong?

Q02of 10

Which work does Longfellow identify Alfred the Great as having translated at Woodstock?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'venturous hand that strives to imitate / Vanquished must fall' primarily warns against which action?

Q04of 10

How does Longfellow distinguish between Alfred the Great and Geoffrey Chaucer in the sestet?

Q05of 10

What is the central question Longfellow poses in the poem's closing lines?

Q06of 10

The image of 'the strength and flush of youth' in the final lines is best described as what type of figurative language?

Q07of 10

The tone of the poem's octave is best characterized as which of the following?

Q08of 10

By calling Alfred and Chaucer kings who 'ruled by right divine,' Longfellow employs which rhetorical strategy?

Q09of 10

What does the word 'hermitage' in the first line most likely suggest about the setting Longfellow describes?

Q10of 10

Which of the following best describes the speaker's attitude toward future poets and writers at the poem's conclusion?

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