A. Allegory
B. Metonymy
C. Synesthesia
D. Simile
Related Mcqs:
- According to Dr. Michael Webster in his essay, “Poetic Modes in the late 19th and early 20th Century,” which of the following is NOT a poetic mode of this time period ?
A. Genteel
B. Symbolist
C. Impressionist
D. Decadent - Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelings of the individual poet as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” ?
A. the lyric poem written in the first person
B. the sonnet
C. doggerel rhyme
D. the political tract - Which of the following became the most popular Romantic poetic form, following on Wordsworth’s claim that poetic inspiration is contained within the inner feelingsof the individual poet as \the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings\ ?
A. the lyric poem written in the first person
B. the sonnet
C. doggerel rhyme
D. the political tract - 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 - 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 - Which of the following is not a poetic tradition ?
A. The Epic
B. The Comic
C. The Occult
D. The Tragic - “Of all philosopher’s Plato is the most poetic.” Who said this______________?
A. Philiph Sidney
B. Shelley
C. Aristlotle
D. Keats - Which of the following poetic lines is an example of a couplet ?
A. “Into my head there will come / a beach of cotton, a dock where from.”
B. “To kiss the sky / to be the sun / is to live forever.”
C. “I heard a car crash / just as I died.”
D. “Death comes for all of us / even you.” - Which of the following is a typically Romantic poetic form ?
A. the fractal
B. the figment
C. the fragment
D. the aubade - Professor Hammer argues that which of the following statements is true of Ezra Pound’s strong emphasis on poetic technique ?
A. It serves to effectively depersonalize Pound’s poems.
B. It serves the greater aim of conveying both intensity and immediacy in Pound’s poetry.
C. It is a paradoxical mixture of personal and impersonal elements.
D. It is a means of creating a dialogue between modernity and tradition.
