Elegy

What is Elegy?

• A poem of cheerful reflection

• A poem of serious reflection, usually a lament for the dead

• A poem of ten lines

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.8.6

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CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Name the famous example of Elegy.

• Mercy

• Break, Break, Break

• Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

• On His Blindness

Elegy is derived from the Greek work elegus. What is the meaning of elegus?

• A song of bereavement sung along with a flute

• A song of joy sung along with a flute

• A song of patriotism

• none of the above

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

Who wrote the Elegy "O Captain! My Captain!"?

• Robert Frost

• Walt Whitman

• T. S. Eliot

• W. H. Auden

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

For whom did Whitman write the Elegy "O Captain! My Captain!"?

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Milton

• P. B. Shelley

• Arthur Hallam

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Who wrote the Elegy "Elegy Written in A Country Churchyard"?

• John Donne

• John Milton

• Thomas Gray

• Matthew Arnold

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

When was the forms of Elegy introduced?

• 13th century

• 14th century

• 15th century

• 16th century

What is the most common analogue to Elegy?

• Obituary or Eulogy

• Epilogue

• Reward

• None of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In whose memory did Thomas Gray compose "Elegy Written in A Country Churchyard"?

• Arthur Hallam

• Richard West

• Abraham Lincoln

• All the above

What is the form of poetry?

• Prose

• Poetic

• Dramatic

• None of the above

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CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9