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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. The characterization of the woman as a "Highland Lass" indicates that she is a young woman from what area?
2. In the second stanza, to whom is the nightingale depicted singing?
3. From context, what is is likely meaning of "single" in line 1, "Behold her, single in the field"?
4. What is the "sickle" in line 28?
5. What do the metaphors in lines 9-12 and 13-16 have in common?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the tense shift in "The Solitary Reaper" and explain what it reveals about the poem's narrative present.
2. 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.
3. Describe the meter of "The Solitary Reaper."
4. What are the names of the two forms of poetry that are combined in this poem, and how are they combined?
5. What question does the speaker ask in the third stanza, and what two contrasting answers does he speculate about?
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. In what way do the places associated with the two birds create a dramatic contrast with one another?
8. To which two birds does the speaker compare the reaper, and what area of the world does the speaker associate with each?
9. Describe the rhyme scheme of "The Solitary Reaper."
10. Summarize the action of "The Solitary Reaper."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you compare and contrast the explicit treatment of music with the implicit treatment of poetry in "The Solitary Reaper." Support your claims with evidence from the text.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay in which you analyze the symbolic value of the nightingale in Wordsworth's poem. Be sure to research how this bird is traditionally used in Western literature, and support your assertions with evidence from the text and from your research. Cite all sources in MLA format.
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