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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the stanzaic form of "The Solitary Reaper"?
2. Which line uses deliberate redundancy for emphasis?
3. How does line 3, "Reaping and singing by herself," interrupt the poem's dominant metrical pattern?
4. Which is the best interpretation of line 6's reference to "a melancholy strain"?
5. In line 4, "Stop here, or gently pass!" what is the grammatical mood of the words "stop" and "pass"?
Short Essay Questions
1. To which two birds does the speaker compare the reaper, and what area of the world does the speaker associate with each?
2. Describe the meter of "The Solitary Reaper."
3. Explain how the mention of "spring-time" in line 14's description of the cuckoo enhances the contrast between this image and the image of the nightingale.
4. In what way do the places associated with the two birds create a dramatic contrast with one another?
5. What are the names of the two forms of poetry that are combined in this poem, and how are they combined?
6. How does the speaker's line 26 description of the reaper singing "As if her song could have no ending" reinforce the meaning of the poem's ending?
7. What question does the speaker ask in the third stanza, and what two contrasting answers does he speculate about?
8. Summarize the action of "The Solitary Reaper."
9. Describe the tense shift in "The Solitary Reaper" and explain what it reveals about the poem's narrative present.
10. Describe the rhyme scheme of "The Solitary Reaper."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the significance of the poem's setting. Defend your ideas with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the poem's use of caesura in the first and fourth stanzas. Support your assertions with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you make and defend a claim about how the rhyme scheme of "The Solitary Reaper" supports the poem's meaning. Use quoted textual evidence to defend your assertions.
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