A neoclassical poet would be most likely to compose a poem celebrating which of the following ideals ?

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1. Which poet would be most likely to compose a poem and illustrations to accompany it ?

   A. Lord Byron
   B. Percy Shelley
   C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   D. William Blake

2. Which poet would have been most likely to compose a poem examining his own childhood ?

   A. Percy Shelley
   B. John Keats
   C. William Wordsworth
   D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

3. Which poet would be most likely to compose a poem using the language of common, ordinary people ?

   A. William Wordsworth
   B. Lord Byron
   C. Percy Shelley
   D. John Keats

4. Which of the following Romantic poets would have been most likely to write a poem celebrating the innocence of childhood ?

   A. Lord Byron
   B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   C. William Blake
   D. William Wordsworth

5. Which of the following would a neoclassical poet be most likely to use as a central theme in his or her poetry ?

   A. The plight of common, ordinary people
   B. A celebration of the medieval
   C. A satirical representation of current events
   D. A warm remembrance of childish idealism

6. John Keats would probably NOT have written a poem celebrating _______________?

   A. The beauty of the natural world
   B. The pains of love
   C. Political and philosophical conservatism
   D. The nature of artistic creation

7. Which Romantic poet would have believed that a poet needs influence from something external and transformative in order to write a strong poem ?

   A. William Blake
   B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
   C. Lord Byron
   D. Percy Shelley

8. Which of the following is not generally considered to be a neoclassical poet ?

   A. John Dryden
   B. Henry Vaughan
   C. Alexander Pope
   D. Ben Jonson

9. This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes ?

   A. Alexander Pope
   B. William Collins
   C. Thomas Gray
   D. Ben Jonson

10. Which poet would be most likely to write a poem reflecting upon the psychological changes he has undergone since his youth ?

    A. William Blake
    B. John Keats
    C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    D. William Wordsworth