How would you describe the tone established by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s direct address to the reader in the first stanza? Where else in the poem does he do the same? What is the effect of his use of the imperative mood?
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Exploring the Text: - How would you describe the tone established by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s direct address to the reader in the first stanza? Where else in the poem does he do the same? What is the effect of his use of the imperative mood?
How do you interpret the meaning of stanza 3?
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Exploring the Text: - How do you interpret the meaning of stanza 3?
What is the effect of the figurative language in the fifth stanza?
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Exploring the Text: - What is the effect of the figurative language in the fifth stanza?
How does the imagery developed in stanzas 7 and 8 contribute to the meaning and effect of the poem?
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Exploring the Text: - How does the imagery developed in stanzas 7 and 8 contribute to the meaning and effect of the poem?
How would you paraphrase the meaning of the poem? How do you respond to the advice that the final stanza proffers? How can its message be seen as an expression of the American spirit?
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Exploring the Text: - How would you paraphrase the meaning of the poem? How do you respond to the advice that the final stanza proffers? How can its message be seen as an expression of the American spirit?