A. An expression of love for common man.
B. Mockery toward William Wordsworth.
C. An expression of doubt and angst.
D. Dark humor.
Related Mcqs:
- Lord Byron was born in________________?
A. 1788
B. 1789
C. 1790
D. 1791 - Which of the following poets would be least likely to explore the meaning of beauty or imagination in a poem ?
A. Lord Byron
B. Percy Shelley
C. John Keats
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge - I have said that the sole effect of my somewhat childish experiment—that of looking down within the tarn—had been to deepen the first singular impression. There can be no doubt that the consciousness of the rapid increase of my superstition— for why should I not so term it?—served mainly to accelerate the increase itself. Such, I have long known, is the paradoxical law of all sentiments having terror as a basis. This work exemplifies ?
A. Unity of effect
B. Ratiocinactive effect
C. Cataleptic effect
D. Didactic effect - The dedication of Byron’s “Don Juan” can be best described as ________________?
A. Sincere and heartfelt
B. Mocking and satirical
C. Mournful and dark
D. Polemic and dry - The general tone and attitude of Byron’s “Don Juan” would be best described as ______________?
A. Dramatic and dark
B. Ironic and satirical
C. Strange and haunting
D. Humorless and stark - What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to “’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’!” ?
A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday - What did Byron deride with his scathing reference to \’Peddlers,’ and ’Boats,’ and ’Wagons’!\ ?
A. the neo-classical influence of Pope and Dryden
B. the clumsiness of Shakespeare’s plots
C. the Orientalist fantasies of Coleridge
D. Wordsworth’s devotion to the ordinary and everyday - What did Thomas Carlyle mean by “Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe” ?
A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively. - What did Thomas Carlyle mean by \Close thy Byron; open thy Goethe\ ?
A. Britain’s preeminence as a global power will depend on mastery of foreign languages.
B. Even a foreign author is better than a homegrown scoundrel.
C. Abandon the introspection of the Romantics and turn to the higher moral purpose found in Goethe.
D. In a carefully veiled critique of the monarchy, Byron and Goethe stand in symbolically for Queen Victoria and Charles Darwin respectively. - Byron’s journey to Spain, Malta, Albania and Greece resulted in the production of the first two cantos of his poem_______________?
A. cain
B. Childe Herald’s Pilgrimage
C. Don Juan
D. the prisoner of Chillon
