What characteristics of seventeenth century Metaphysical poetry sparked the enthusiasm of modernist poets and critics ?

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1. What characteristics of seventeenthcentury Metaphysical poetry sparked the enthusiasm of modernist poets and critics ?

   A. its intellectual complexity B. its union of thought and passion C. its uncompromising engagement with politics D. A and B...

2. 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...

3. Generally speaking, African-American themes were very rare in white modernist poetry. Which of the following white poets attempted to evoke elements of black experience in his or her poems ?

   A. H.D. B. Hart Crane C. William Carlos Williams D. T.S. Eliot...

4. According to Professor Hammer, which of the following characteristics did Langston Hughes share with modernist poets like William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Hart Crane, and Robert Frost ?

   A. Hughes was very conscious that he was an American poet, and this profoundly influenced his writing. B. Hughes wrote about the legacy of the American Civil War and its long-term cultural consequences. C. Hughes introduced new subject-matter and new language into poetry. D. Both A and C...

5. Which of the following descriptors does NOT apply to the features of French Symbolist poetry that influenced other modernist poetry ?

   A. French Symbolist poetry is full of exaggerated metaphors. B. French Symbolist poetry has narrative clarity. C. French Symbolist poetry is shocking. D. French Symbolist poetry is formally experimental....

6. ‘The Metaphysical Poets’ is a critical essay by________________?

   A. Arnold B. T. S. Eliot C. Shelley D. None of these...

7. Who is the representative of the metaphysical poets ?

   A. Samuel Johnson B. John Donne C. Geoffrey Chaucer D. Robert Browning...

8. Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries ?

   A. Edmund Spenser B. John Milton C. John Donne D. Sir Philip Sidney...

9. Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a modernist poet ?

   A. William Carlos Williams B. John Greenleaf Whittier C. George Herbert D. Robert Browning...

10. In the late seventeenth century, a \battle of the books\erupted between which two groups ?

    A. abolitionists and enthusiasts for slavery B. round-earthers and flat-earthers C. the Welsh and the Scots D. champions of ancient and modern learning...