The elegy began as an ancient metrical form ?

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1. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?

   A. the heroic couplet B. blank verse C. free verse D. the ode...

2. Which metrical form was Pope said to have brought to perfection ?

   A. the heroic couplet B. blank verse C. free verse D. the ode...

3. 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...

4. To whom does the Ancient Mariner tell his story in “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” ?

   A. Coleridge B. Dorothy Wordsworth C. The Wedding Guest D. Life-in-Death...

5. 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...

6. Shelley’s Adonais is an elegy on the death of _______________?

   A. Milton B. Coleridge C. Keats D. Johnson...

7. 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...

8. Matthew Arnold;s Thyrsis is an elegy written on the death of______________?

   A. Arthur Hallam B. Milton C. Edward King D. Hugh Clough...

9. 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...

10. ‘Elegy’ is______________________?

    A. Historical poem B. figurative story C. song of lamentation D. short story...