Origins of Modern Poetry - LIT Textbook

An epic is:

• a. a form of poetry characterized by strong emotions.

• b. a form of poetry that experiments with fragmentation.

• c. a form of poetry that uses elaborate figures of speech and favors intellect over emotions.

• d. long poem depicting the actions of heroic figures.

One of the most important poets of the Renaissance is:

• a. Shakespeare.

• b. Donne.

• c. Chaucer.

• d. Shelley.

Metaphysical poems:

• a. are long poems that depict the actions of heroic figures.

• b. focus on the poet's own personal experiences and emotions.

• c. use elaborate figures of speech and favor intellect over emotions.

• d. experiment with fragmentation.

Romantic poetry was marked by:

• a. respect for nature

• b. a return to second person poetry

• c. downplaying emotion and sentiment

Imagism is a poetic movement that experimented with ______________________________.

• a. free verse and vague imagery

• b. rhyme and concrete imagery

• c. free verse and concrete imagery

• d. rhyme and vague imagery

___________ is the rebirth of arts and culture in the mid- 1920s involving African-Americans.

• a. Black Arts Movement

• b. Black Mountain Movement

• c. New York Renaissance

• c. Harlem Renaissance

Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath wrote ____________ poetry which covered their own personal experiences, emotions, triumphs, and tragedies.

• a. instructional

• b. Renaissance

• c. imagism

• d. confessional

Slam poetry is concerned with ____________________.

• a. love and war

• b. current events

• c. past poets

The first and most important element of poetry that distinguishes it from other genres is ____________.

• a. imagery

• b. figurative language

• c. form

• d. rhythm

Alliteration is:

• a. the repetition of consonant sounds at the end of words.

• b. the repetition of entire words.

• c. the repetition of vowel sounds at the ends of words.

• d. the repetition of consonant sounds in consecutive or neighboring words.