A. The poem’s rhythmic lines.
B. The references to jazz songs and musicians.
C. The poem can be set to music.
D. There is repetition.
Related Mcqs:
- Who is the representative figure of the “Jazz Age” ?
A. Sherwood Anderson
B. F. Scott Fitzgerald
C. Saul Bellow
D. Wallace Stevens - Jazz music is described by which of the following characteristics ?
A. A way of questioning Victorian moral conceptions
B. A musical invention of the modern age that allows for experimentation of form
C. An example of subjective artistic expression
D. All of the above - Marlowe’s poem ’The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ begins with the line “Come live with me and be my love”; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line ?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Thomas Kyd
C. John Dryden
D. John Donne - Ezra Pound’s poem “In a Station of the Metro” reads: “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough.” Which of the following statements best characterizes this poem ?
A. It seeks to diminish the distance between society and nature.
B. It seeks to amplify the distance between society and nature.
C. It plays with the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural worlds.
D. It evokes the beauty of a pastoral scene. - H.D.’s poem “Oread” reads: “WHIRL up, sea-/Whirl your pointed pines./Splash your great pines/On our rocks./Hurl your green over us-/Cover us with your pools of fir.” To which of the following categories does this poem belong ?
A. Objectivist poetry
B. Futurist poetry
C. Imagist poetry
D. Vorticist poetry - What are some of the surface similarities between Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” and John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Telling the Bees” ?
A. They both address the theme of death.
B. Both use formal meter to present a narrative structure.
C. They are both set in rural New England.
D. All of these answers - Professor Hammer argues that in Hart Crane’s poem “Legend,” Crane introduces himself to his readers. The poem opens with the lines: “As silent as a mirror is believed/ Realities plunge in silence by …/I am not ready for repentance;” according to Professor Hammer, Crane’s refusal to repent is an assertion of which of the following ?
A. His political views
B. His will to imaginative freedom
C. His will to sexual freedom
D. Both B and C - In Amy Lowell’s imagist poem, “This Green Bowl,” a handmade bowl is compared to a pond in the woods. Can one say that, as in Pound’s “Cantos,” this poem’s dominant tone is impersonal? Why, or why not ?
A. Yes, Lowell’s detailed description of nature draws attention away from human realities.
B. Yes, the lyrical voice in Lowell’s poem seeks to express universal rather than individual experience.
C. No, Lowell’s poem is not impersonal; it addresses the maker of the bowl directly and speculates about his state of mind.
D. No, even though Lowell strives for impersonal expression by borrowing poetic devices from Pound, she fails to accomplish this - Richard Wright said he created the character of Bigger in Native Son because______________?
A. He had known many “Biggers” in his life.
B. He was trying to overcome his fears of powerful men.
C. He was proud of all the African American men he had seen stand up to Whites.
D. He wanted to show African American males how not to live. - Plato said that art is an imperfect reflection of the real world because______________?
A. Art presents only part of the world
B. Art describes only what appears and not what is real
C. Art tells lies about the world
D. Art is an exaggeration of the world
