Literature Quiz: Power and Conflict in Poetry

Which poem reflects the Romantic criticisms of poverty and pollution during the Industrial Revolution?

• London

• My Last Duchess

• Ozymandias

• Charge of the Light Brigade

Which poem is a dramatic monologue where the Duke speaks to an emissary about his next marriage, showcasing the Duke's authority and hubris?

• Ozymandias

• My Last Duchess

• London

• Charge of the Light Brigade

Which poem was written in response to the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War, celebrating the bravery of soldiers?

• My Last Duchess

• Ozymandias

• London

• Charge of the Light Brigade

Which poem has a critical tone, exposing the truth of WWI, and was written by a WWI veteran?

• Storm on the Island

• Bayonet Charge

• Exposure

• War Photographer

Which poem was written about WWI trench warfare, using enjambment to speed up the poem in the first stanza and caesura to slow it down in the second stanza?

• War Photographer

• Bayonet Charge

• Exposure

• Storm on the Island

Which poem was written 2 years before The Troubles began in Northern Ireland, using an extended metaphor of a storm pummeling the Island as a metaphor for the Troubles?

• Storm on the Island

• War Photographer

• Bayonet Charge

• Exposure

Which poem is about Don McCullin, a famous war photographer, and uses caesura to force the reader to stop and pause out of respect for those who have lost their lives?

• Exposure

• Storm on the Island

• War Photographer

• Bayonet Charge

Which poem reflects the powerlessness of humans and the human desire to control vs. nature's destructive force?

• Storm on the Island

• War Photographer

• Ozymandias

• London

A long comparison between two things throughout a poem, such as war vs. a storm, is called

• personification

• extended metaphor

• figurative language

• allegory

The narrator of a poem, or the 'voice' speaking in the poem, is called a/an

• narrator

• poet

• speaker

• character