A. a magical power whereby poetry plays tricks on the reader
B. a divine power whereby poetry transmits a message from God to the reader
C. a moral power whereby poetry encourages the reader to emulate virtuous models
D. a defensive power whereby poetry and its figurative expressions allow the poet to avoid censorship
Related Mcqs:
- Philip Sidney’s Apologie for Poetrie is a defence of poetry against the charges brought against it by____________?
A. Henry Howard
B. Roger Ascham
C. John Skelton
D. Stephen Gosson - Dryden wrote An Essay of Dramatic Poesy. Is this ?
A. An Essay
B. A Drama
C. A Poetical Work
D. An Interlocution - Is Dryden’s Essay of Dramatic Poesy a work of ?
A. Interpretative Criticism
B. Legislative Criticism
C. Comparative Criticism
D. Textual Criticism - In Dryden’s Essay of Dramatic Poesy there are four interlocuters representing four different ideologies. Which of them expresses Dryden’s own views ?
A. Lisideius
B. Eugenius
C. Neander
D. Crites - According to the essay “A Defense of Poetry,” which of the following is one of the two “classes of mental action” ?
A. Reason
B. Fear
C. Illogic
D. Indifference - In “A Defense of Poetry,” Percy Shelley argues that humans have an impulse to ____________________?
A. Write stories
B. Resist understanding poetry
C. Reproduce rhythm and order
D. Strive to express love - Which of the following statements would Percy Shelley, author of “A Defense of Poetry”, agree with ?
A. Art serves a particular worldly purpose.
B. Art’s supreme function is to entertain the public.
C. Artists are dangerous to social order.
D. Artists serve to construct the foundations of culture. - John Donne is, in some sense, the originator of metaphysical poetry. But who is most closely associated with the “founding” of neoclassical poetry ?
A. William Wordsworth
B. Alexander Pope
C. Ben Jonson
D. George Herbert - Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?
A. William Blake
B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
C. Samuel Johnson
D. William Wordsworth - Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?
A. William Blake
B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
C. Samuel Johnson
D. William Wordsworth
