A. This poem focuses primarily on the different experiences of black and white women.
B. This poem describes the relationship between a black woman and her child.
C. This poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet born.
D. The poem is a conversation between a black woman and her ancestors.
Related Mcqs:
- 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. - Ezra Pound’s “Canto I” opens with the following lines: “And then went down to the ship,/Set keel to breakers, forth on the godly sea, and(…).” Which of the following statements best characterizes these lines and the poem as a whole ?
A. These lines set an impersonal tone which dominates the entire poem.
B. These lines establish a rhythmical pattern, which is followed strictly throughout the poem.
C. These lines are the only impersonal lines in the poem, the rest of which is primarily focused on the complexity of human emotions.
D. These lines establish a personal tone, focusing on a lyrical perspective similar to late-Victorian era poetry. - Which of the following statements accurately characterizes Marianne Moore’s poem “A Grave ?”
A. It juxtaposes human consciousness against the sea.
B. It uses alliteration and iambic pentameter.
C. It has a subtle formal structure, even though it does not use rhyme.
D. Both A and C - Which of the following statements best characterizes the form of Claude McKay’s poem “The Harlem Dancer” ?
A. It is an English sonnet.
B. It is an Italian sonnet.
C. It is a Spenserian sonnet.
D. It is a free verse poem. - Which of the following statements best characterizes Ezra Pound’s poem “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley” ?
A. It is primarily a narrative poem.
B. It uses iambic pentameter to achieve tonal fluidity.
C. It undermines the idea of a single lyrical voice by using diverse cultural symbols and numerous phrases in various languages.
D. Its intensity derives from the combination of modern subject matter and alexandrine couplets. - Which of the following statements best characterizes the formal qualities of Langston Hughes’s poem “Life is Fine” ?
A. The diction is much more polysyllabic than monosyllabic.
B. The use of alternating end rhymes and word repetitions enhance the music of the poem and along with its occasional dissonance give it an improvisational jazz-like quality.
C. It is written in Standard American English for middle-class readers.
D. This poem is structured like a villanelle. - Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?
A. Hughes uses a universal speaker for an exploration of a profound racial divide between blacks and whites.
B. The poem is an analytical exploration of racial differences in the United States.
C. Similar to Hart Crane and Whitman, Hughes uses a personal and universal “I” to address issues of history, race, and identity.
D. The poem is an indictment of racial prejudice in Harlem. - Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?
A. It is a meditation on the alienation of the modern person from nature.
B. It is a meditation on the cultural isolation of African Americans in New England.
C. It is a meditation on the communal and historical aspects of individual identity.
D. It is a meditation on the poet’s personal experience of assimilation. - Which of the following statements best characterizes the last two stanzas of Charles Baudelaire’s symbolist poem “Correspondences” ?
A. They describe the author’s experiences as a young child.
B. They use metaphors with subtle political connotations.
C. They ascribe colors and sounds to scents, relying on a device known as synesthesia.
D. They describe a scene in the countryside, which symbolizes the state of the author’s soul. - Which of the following statements best characterizes Randall Jarrell’s 1945 poem “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” ?
A. The poem contrasts the image of a child in its mother’s womb with cruel devaluation of human life in wartime.
B. The poem praises those technological achievements which protect human life in wartime.
C. The poem uses images of the apocalypse to criticize the cruelty of war.
D. The poem presents the war as a natural part of the perennial cycles of human history.
