Paper 302 (Romantic Poetry)

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  What does the lamb symbolize in the poem The Chimney Sweeper while referring to Tom Dacre's hair which has been shaved?

• Misery

• Death

• Hope

• Innocence

What is the poetic device used in these lines, Crying "weep! weep!" in the notes of woe?

• Enjabment

• Alliteration

• End stopped line

• Personification

How does Nature describe the girl's connection with the natural world?

• She will dominate and control nature.

• She will have a deep understanding and bonding with nature.

• She will be passive and unresponsive to nature's beauty.

• She will be frightened and overwhelmed by the nature.

"Never did sun more beautifully steep

In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill;

Ne'er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!"

What is the poetic device used in these lines?

• Hyperbole

• Paradox

• Personification

• Anaphora

What was the miracle of rare device?

• A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice.

• The stately pleasure dome of Kuala Khan.

• The Alph river that ran measureless to man and down to the sunless sea.

• The woman wailing for her demon lover.

What is the central device found in the poem Frost at Midnight, while the poem starts addressing his son who was fast asleep?

• Apostrophe

• Enjambment

• Personification

• Metaphor

Which line from “Ode to the West Wind” best exemplifies the paradoxical nature of the wind’s power in the poem?

• “Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams,”

• “Be through my lips to unawaken’d Earth”

• “The blue Mediterranean, where he lay,”

• “Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead”

In P. B. Shelley’s “Ozymandias,” what specific poetic device creates a profound sense of irony and reinforces the theme of the impermanence of human achievements?

• Enjambment

• Caesura

• Pathetic fallacy

• Oxymoron

In “Ode to a Nightingale”, the line “Do I wake or sleep?” is a pivotal moment in the poem. What does this line symbolize in the context of the poem’s themes?

• The speaker’s desire for a deeper connection with the nightingale

• The speaker’s uncertainty about the reality of the nightingale’s song

• The speaker’s longing for death as an escape from earthly troubles

• The speaker’s acknowledgment of the illusory nature of art and poetry

In the excerpt from John Keats’ poem, “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” what is the significance of the comparison between the speaker and “stout Cortez”?

• It represents the speaker's admiration for Cortez's adventurous spirit.

• It suggests the speaker's sense of superiority over historical figures like Cortez.

• It symbolizes the transformative power of literature and art.

• It underscores the theme of cultural exploration and colonialism.