Whitman and Frost Poetry

What is Walt Whitman best known for?

• epic poems

• blank verse poems

• free verse poems

• iambic pentameter poems

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In "Oh Captain! My Captain!" what does the phrase "the prize we sought is won" refer to?

• President Lincoln's death
• winning the Civil War
• discovery of a treasure
• the ship's arrival in port

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Which is not an extended metaphor in "O Captain! My Captain!"

• The ship is a metaphor for the USA.

• The shore is a metaphor for death.

• The trip is a metaphor for the Civil War.

• The Captain is a metaphor for Abraham Lincoln.

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Walt Whitman was:

• an English poet

• an American poet

• a French poet

• an Australian poet

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Walt Whitman learned his craft by

• studying at Harvard

• Studying at Yale

• Studying at Dartmouth

• Studying on his own

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Walt Whitman was one of the few writers to experience war firsthand and write about it. He experienced war when

• he fought at the battle of Gettysburg.

• he volunteered as a nurse during the war.

• he was taken captive by confederate soldiers.

• his son was killed in the war.

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Based on the information in "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," one can see that the speaker would

• rather experience nature than study it.

• rather study nature than experience it.

• rather be an astronomer than an writer.

• rather be the professor teaching than the student in the classroom.

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In "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," the beginning of the poem contrasts with the end of the poem in many ways. Which is not one of the ways the beginning is different than the end?

• It's crowded at the beginning of the poem, but the narrator is alone at the end.

• It is loud at the beginning, but quiet at the end.

• He is examining the science of the stars at the beginning and the beauty of the stars at the end.

• He is doing math at the beginning and writing poetry at the end.

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Robert Frost studied at Harvard, but dropped out to be a

• railroad worker

• teacher

• farmer

• stay at home dad

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Robert Frost moved to England to try to gain success as a writer, but moved back to the U.S. because

• of World War I.

• his daughter was sick.

• his son was in an accident.

• he failed at writing.

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