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What are some of the surface similarities between Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” and John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Telling the Bees” ?


aThey both address the theme of death.


bBoth use formal meter to present a narrative structure.


cThey are both set in rural New England.


dAll of these answers


View Answer All of these answers

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 ?


aThese lines set an impersonal tone which dominates the entire poem.


b These lines establish a rhythmical pattern, which is followed strictly throughout the poem.


cThese lines are the only impersonal lines in the poem, the rest of which is primarily focused on the complexity of human emotions.


dThese lines establish a personal tone, focusing on a lyrical perspective similar to late-Victorian era poetry.



What is the principal subject of Marianne Moore’s poem “An Octopus” ?


aDeath


bMt. Rainier


cThe ocean


dAn octopus


View Answer Mt. Rainier

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 ?


aHis political views


bHis will to imaginative freedom


cHis will to sexual freedom


dBoth B and C


View Answer Both B and C

Which of the following was an important influence on Charles Reznikoff’s shift away from romantic rhetoric ?


aHis study of ancient history


bHis study of law


cHis study of medicine


d His study of Sanskrit


View Answer His study of law

Which of the following poets did NOTwrite about his experiences in World War II ?


aWilfred Owen


bKeith Douglas


cRandall Jarrell


dKarl Shapiro


View Answer Wilfred Owen

Which of the following political themes was explored by American Objectivist poets ?


aSlavery


bAmerican attitudes toward Jews and Israel


cCapitalism and social inequalities


d All of these answers



Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a late-Victorian poet ?


aJohn Milton


bAlfred Tennyson


cAllen Ginsberg


dAmy Lowell


View Answer Alfred Tennyson

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.


bThe poem is an analytical exploration of racial differences in the United States.


cSimilar to Hart Crane and Whitman, Hughes uses a personal and universal “I” to address issues of history, race, and identity.


dThe poem is an indictment of racial prejudice in Harlem.



According to Professor Hammer, which of the following is the central question explored by T.S. Eliot in “The Waste Land” ?


a Is authentic poetry possible in the aftermath of the carnage of World War I?


bGiven the diversity of the world’s poetic traditions, can there be a universal language of poetic symbolism?


cHow can a shared world be created out of the fundamentally different and private experiences of individual people?


dGiven that each person experiences trauma differently, is it possible for all to understand the modern world as a shared “waste land”?



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