A. “Lyrical Ballads”
B. “The Prelude”
C. “We Are Seven”
D. “Lines Written in Early Spring”
Related Mcqs:
- Which work of William Wordsworth is generally considered to be his magnum opus ?
A. Laodamia
B. The Prelude
C. Guide to the Lakes
D. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads - which of these is magnum opus of chaucer ?
A. Troilus and criseyde
B. House of fame
C. The canterbury tales
D. Parliament of fowls - Which poem by Wordsworth examines writer’s block ?
A. “The Prelude”
B. “We Are Seven”
C. “Lines Written a few miles above Tintern Abbey”
D. “Lines Written in Early Spring” - Which of the following would probably NOT occur in a William Wordsworth poem ?
A. Use of common, everyday language
B. Engagement with the natural world
C. Mockery of political figures
D. Psychological insight - What is the name of Wordsworth’s long poem ?
A. The Canterbury Tales
B. Don Juan
C. The Prelude
D. None of these - Marlowe’s poem ’The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ begins with the line “Come live with me and be my love”; which other English author wrote a famous poem beginning with this line ?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Thomas Kyd
C. John Dryden
D. John Donne - 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
