Ode on Melancholy

In 'Ode on Melancholy,' why does the narration speak directly to the reader?

• Keats wanted to make readers reflect on his melancholy.

• Keats wanted to distract the reader from the poem's stylistic artifice

• Keats wanted to make the poem seem more conversational.

• Keats wanted to heighten the emotional intensity of the poem.

What is Keats conveying in the first stanza of 'Ode on Melancholy' when he exclaims, No, no! go not to Lethe?

• You should not forget your melancholy.

• You should not torment yourself.

• You should not leave your home.

• You should not abandon those you care about.

Which of the following is an example of a personification of nature in 'Ode on Melancholy'?

• weeping cloud

• morning rose

• salt-sand waves

• globed peonies

What are Wolf's-bane and nightshade?

• Creatures from Greek mythology

• Places in the underworld

• Characters in the poem

• Fatally poisonous plants

The speaker in the poem suggests holding the hand of 'thy mistress' when she feels what emotion?

• Anger

• Love

• Joy

• Melancholy

All of the following are suggestions for what to do when you feel sad EXCEPT:

• Admire flowers.

• Stand in the rain.

• Hold your lover's hand.

• Look into your lover's eyes.

According to the poem, what two things are inextricably linked?

• Pleasure and sadness

• Love and sadness

• Death and melancholy

• Melancholy and joy

Who is Cupid's mother, who was jealous of Psyche?

• Demeter

• Venus

• Persophone

• Diana

Who is Proserpine?

• An ancient Egyptian queen

• Greek goddess of beauty

• A Christian saint

• Greek goddess of the underworld

What is Lethe?

• A Greek mythological god

• Heaven in Greek Mythology

• An ancient Greek prayer

• One of the rivers of Hades in Greek Mythology