Ode by Arthur O'Shaughnessy

What is an 'Ode'?

• A poem of joy

• A poem of praise

• A poem about writers

• A poem about artists

'We' is a:

• first person singular pronoun

• first person plural pronoun

• third person singular pronoun

• third person plural pronoun

The speaker in the poem is not an artist (in its broadest sense, not its narrow one)

• True

• False

The speaker thinks that being an artist (in its broadest sense, not its narrow one) is difficult.

• True

• False

Type in the two transferred epithets from the first verse (where human emotions are transferred to inanimate things)

The rhyme scheme does not change in the second verse.

• True

• False

The speaker does not think artists (in the broadest definition of the word, not the narrow one) have any power.

• True

• False

A ditty is:

• a painting

• a song

• a poem

• a building

Which words and phrases in the second verse suggest the power that artists (in the broadest definition of the word) have?

Which noun in the first stanza is repeated (without the 's') in the second stanza? Why is this, do you think?