A. Shelley
B. John Ashbery
C. Sylvia Plath
D. Ted Hughes
Related Mcqs:
- The poem ‘Chicago’ is written by________________?
A. Ezra Pound
B. E.E. Cummings
C. Carl Sandburg
D. Carlos William - In “Ode to the West Wind,” why does Shelley ask the wind to “make me thy lyre” ?
A. To help drive his ideas across the universe
B. To help him reach the afterlife
C. To help him hear nature’s music
D. To help him start a new revolutionary war - Which stanza form did Shelley use in his famous poem ‘Ode to the West Wind’ ?
A. Rime royal
B. Ottava rima
C. Terza rima
D. Spenserian Stanza - Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” can be best understood as a poem about _____________?
A. The passion between a husband and wife
B. The loss of innocence
C. The horrors of the French Revolution
D. How poets can bring about political revolution - The Charge of the Light Bridge is a poem by________________?
A. D.G Rossetti
B. Leigh Hunt
C. Tennyson
D. Arnold - 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
