Poetry

Who wrote "The Song of Wandering Aengus"?

• William Butler Yeats

• Edgar Allen Poe

• Alfred Lord Tennyson

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

Which line best describes what time of day it is when the narrator goes fishing?

• Though I am old with wandering

• Because a fire was in my head

• And moth-like stars were flickering out

• And pluck till time and times are done

Which line shows alliteration?

• And hooked a berry to a thread

• I went to blow the fire aflame

• Though I am old with wandering

• It had become a glimmering girl

Which line uses the literary device assonance?

• Though I am old with wandering

• When white moths were on the wing

• I went to blow the fire aflame

• Who called me by my name and ran

What is the narrator referring to when he writes "Because a fire was in my head"?

• Being hungry for breakfast

• Wanting to go fishing

• The memory of a girl he loved

• Having a terrible headache

What two words best describe the mood of "The Song of Wandering Aengus?

• Depressed

  Hopeless

• Determined

  Calm

• Scared

  Determined

• Calm

  Depressed

Who wrote the poem "Eldorado"?

• Edgar Allen Poe

• William Butler Yeats

• George Orwell

• William Shakespeare

What exactly is 'Eldorado'?

• The name of the knight in the poem

• A city made entirely out of silver

• A city made entirely out of gold

• The name of Poe's cat

What is the mood of this stanza?

Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado

• depressed

• happy

• encouraging

• hopeless

What exactly is a "pilgrim shadow"?

• a wandering ghost

• a pilgrim in the sun casting a shadow

• the ghost of a pilgrim

• the knight's reflection