A.D. Hope and his Poetry - based on podcast episodes

What was A.D. Hope referred to as in an American Journal?

• 20th Century's Greatest 18th Cenury Poet

• Greatest Poet in Australia

• Australian Living Poet

• 20th Century's Greatest 17th Century Poet

Hope composed his first poem when he was:

• 10 years old

• 8 years old

• 7 years old

• 48 years old

What is the rhyme scheme of the poem 'Australia' by A.D. Hope

• ABAB

• ABBA

• AABB

• No rhyme scheme

A.D Hope in the poem 'Australia' compares the 5 main cities to:

• Stone lion

• Woman beyond her change of life

• Teeming sores

In the last stanzas of the poem 'Australia' the poet's tone changes and becomes optimistic

• True

• False

A.D. Hope compares the Australians to:

• Stone Lions

• Cultured Apes

• Sphinx Demolished

The poem 'The Death of a Bird' by A.D. Hope is a :

• Sonnet

• Lyric poem

• Heroic couplet

In the poem 'The Death of a Bird' the main themes are:

• Ageing and Death

• Death and afterlife

• Death and the nature

• Death and loss of closed ones

Clive James, Australian critic liked the majesty of Hope's rhymes.

• True

• False

The 'appointed season' in the poem 'The Death of a Bird' implies that the time for the bird to fly has come

• True

• False