Romantic Unit 1.12 Review

The line "a knell to mine ear" in "When We Two Parted" helps to convey the __________ tone of the poem.

• Quiet

• Mournful

• Pleading

• Courteous

Which word best describes the speaker's position in "When We Two Parted"?

• Angry

• Hopeful

• Curious

• Isolated

In "Darkness," what is unique about the one specific dog mentioned?

• The dog tries to protect, rather than eat, its master's corpse.

• The dog is more cruel than any of the humans.

• The dog starts the fire that causes everything to burn.

• In "Darkness," what is unique about the one specific dog mentioned?

"Darkness" is different from the other poems in this unit because the role of nature is __________.

• Exhalted

• Powerful

• Negative

• Fragile

Both "Ode to the West Wind" and "Ode for Melancholy"__________.

• present the virtues of sadness

• appeal to nature for help

• praise something non-human

• expose the value of logic

When the speaker of the poem addresses the wind directly in "Ode to the West Wind," he is using the literary device of __________.

• personification

• allusion

• metaphor

• apostrophe

Which of the following best states the speaker's goal in "Ode to the West Wind"?

• to write a poem about the different aspects of nature

• to invoke the wind for inspiration and power

• to portray a religious belief system

• to provide a scientific explanation of the way the wind functions

In "Ode to the West Wind," the Spring mentioned in the final line probably represents __________.

• destruction

• renewal

• warm weather

• sadness