A. Geoffrey Chaucer
B. Cynewulf
C. Robert Browning
D. Shelley
Related Mcqs:
- Who is the writer of the poem ‘A Grammarian’s Funeral’ ?
A. Shelley
B. William Shakespeare
C. Wordsworth
D. Robert Browning - Who is the writer of the poem ‘Andrea Del Sarto’ ?
A. William Shakespeare
B. Shelley
C. Wordsworth
D. Robert Browning - 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” - What does the priest’s son’s prayers for the punishment of the tribe’s iniquities tell us about the Zuni tribe ?
A. They are nosey and stays busy tending to other people’s business
B. The Zunis are spiritual and have a strong moral code that they live by and teach to their children
C. That the Zunis are afraid of earthquakes and floods
D. That the Zunis like to make up stories for pure entertainment - How was the priest’s son’s prayer answered ?
A. The prayer was not answered and the people continued to live in sin
B. The dead uncle sent a hail storm to destroy the land
C. The priest’s son was told to set fire to the village
D. The dead uncle sent an earthquake to punish the corn clan for their wrongdoings - 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 - 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. - 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
