Eldorado

When was this poem written?

• 1839

• 1849

• 1917

• 1863

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What is the mood of the first stanza?

• sad and dark

• depressing and dark

• hopeful and optimistic

• light

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Which word changes its meaning over the course of the poem?

• Eldorado

• knight

• shadow

• sunshine

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Who does the knight meet in the poem?

• a pilgrim

• a shadow

• a pilgrim shadow

• another knight

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In "Eldorado," the poet's use of short sentences helps create the poems--

• story theme

• rhyming meter

• word sounds

• rhyming scheme

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Read lines 4 and 5. The sensory language in these lines highlights the character's--

• determination

• idealism

• optimism

• romanticism

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In the second stanza of "Eldorado," the author uses the shadow to represent--

• despair

• shame

• sorrow

• boredom

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The poet pairs shadow and Eldorado in rhyme throughout the poem to demonstrate that--

• Eldorado is something that is hard to locate, like a shadow

• Eldorado is a place that is being likened with darkness, like a shadow

• Eldorado is a feeling that is being depicted as a dark shadow

• Eldorado is something bright that is being contrasted with a dark shadow

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