A. The plight of common, ordinary people
B. A celebration of the medieval
C. A satirical representation of current events
D. A warm remembrance of childish idealism
Related Mcqs:
- Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?
A. William Blake
B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
C. Samuel Johnson
D. William Wordsworth - Which poet asserted in practice and theory the value of representing rustic life and language as well as social outcasts and delinquents not only in pastoral poetry, common before this poet’s time, but also as the major subject and medium for poetry in general ?
A. William Blake
B. Alfred Lord Tennyson
C. Samuel Johnson
D. William Wordsworth - 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 - A neoclassical poet would be most likely to compose a poem celebrating which of the following ideals ?
A. Passionate love
B. Emotional restraint
C. Revolution against tyranny
D. Communion with the natural world - Which of the following is not a common feature of neoclassical poetry ?
A. Imitation of classical forms and allusion to mythology
B. An effort to represent human nature
C. Use of the rhymed couplet
D. Fantastic comparisons - Which of the following is not generally considered to be a neoclassical poet ?
A. John Dryden
B. Henry Vaughan
C. Alexander Pope
D. Ben Jonson - Which of the following is NOT a central theme of Wordsworth’s poetry ?
A. The common man
B. The promises of technology
C. The outcast figure
D. The movement of time - This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes ?
A. Alexander Pope
B. William Collins
C. Thomas Gray
D. Ben Jonson - Which poet was first who used metaphysical poetry among his contemporaries ?
A. Edmund Spenser
B. John Milton
C. John Donne
D. Sir Philip Sidney - The 20th century has been less kind to his memory. TS Eliot found his imagery distracting, and considered his work “not serious poetry”, but it was another critic who accused him of “callousness to the intrinsic nature of English”. Who ?
A. FR Leavis
B. Harold Bloom
C. William Empson
D. Mariella Frostrup
