A. Historical poem
B. figurative story
C. song of lamentation
D. short story
Related Mcqs:
- What the term Elegy refers ?
A. a song of lamentation
B. a song of pleasure
C. a hymn
D. a praiseworthy song - The pastoral elegy often begins with which of the following poetic conventions ?
A. Invocation of a muse
B. A cry of lament
C. Prayer to the Sun
D. A and B - The elegy began as an ancient metrical form ?
A. French
B. Greek
C. Roman
D. German - Shelley’s Adonais is an elegy on the death of _______________?
A. Milton
B. Coleridge
C. Keats
D. Johnson - Which one of the following works of Geoffrey Chaucer is an elegy written for Blanche of Lancaster ?
A. The House of Fame
B. The Book of the Duchess
C. Troilus and Criseyde
D. The Legend of Good Women - Which of the following represents a stage of development in the poetic form of the elegy ?
A. Lamentation, in which the speaker demonstrates grief
B. Praise and admiration for the dead
C. Consolation and solace
D. All of these - Matthew Arnold;s Thyrsis is an elegy written on the death of______________?
A. Arthur Hallam
B. Milton
C. Edward King
D. Hugh Clough - Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?
A. lycidas
B. Paradise Lost
C. II penseroso
D. none of the above - On which novel, the Sherlock Holmes character was first appeared_________________?
A. The Hound of the Baskervilles
B. The Sign of the Four
C. The Valley of Fear
D. A Study in Scarlet - Who is the hero of Paradise Regained_______________?
A. Christ
B. Satan
C. The Paritan Church
D. None of these