A. Lord Byron
B. William Blake
C. William Hazlitt
D. Percy Shelley
Related Mcqs:
- Referring to poets as “unacknowledged legislators of the world” suggests that_____________?
A. Most Romantic poets were politicians
B. Poets have no actual effect upon the world
C. Poets actually help the world grow and develop
D. Hardly anyone actually reads Romantic poetry - What does Percy Shelley mean when he refers to poets as being the “unacknowledged legislators of the world” ?
A. He is suggesting that artists serve to develop culture.
B. He is suggesting that all artists are from high social classes.
C. He is suggesting that artists are repressed throughout society.
D. He is suggesting that the making of laws is itself an art. - John Milton deliberately distanced himself from the poets, a group of poets known for their light, elegant style and frivolous content ?
A. Romantic
B. Victorian
C. Cavalier
D. Enlightenment - The Pre-Raphaelite poets were mostly indebted to the poets of the ?
A. Puritan movement
B. Romantic revival
C. Neo-classical age
D. Metaphysical school - How many poets were included in Jhonson’s ‘The Lives of Most Eminent English Poets’ ?
A. 48
B. 50
C. 52
D. 54 - Many romantic poets regarded the natural world with a feeling of ________________?
A. Awe and fascination
B. Disinterest and disregard
C. Resentment and disrespect
D. Fear and horror - In which book of the Republic did Plato ban poets from his ideal world ?
A. Book 7
B. Book 10
C. Book 1
D. Book 5 - Most neoclassical poets viewed the world in terms of a strictly ordered hierarchy. What was this hierarchy called ?
A. The Way of the World
B. The Foundational Ladder
C. The Order of Angels
D. The Great Chain of Being - Which of the following poets wrote about World War II ?
A. Rupert Brooke
B. Rudyard Kipling
C. Karl Shapiro
D. Hart Crane - Which of the following poets did NOTwrite about his experiences in World War II ?
A. Wilfred Owen
B. Keith Douglas
C. Randall Jarrell
D. Karl Shapiro
