Questions on Poems

What is the central theme of Tennyson's Mariana?

• Joy and celebration

• Love and union

• Isolation and despair

• Adventure and exploration

Which literary device is predominantly used in Mariana?

• Allegory

• Personification

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

What recurring refrain is used in Mariana to emphasize her hopelessness?

• The night is long.

• I am aweary, aweary.

• Oh, wretched life!

• Hope is gone.

Which element of nature is described vividly in Mariana?

• A river

• A farmhouse

• A garden

• A churchyard

Mariana is inspired by a character from which Shakespearean play?

• Hamlet

• Measure for Measure

• Macbeth

• Othello

In Break, Break, Break, what do the waves symbolize?

• Hope

• Love

• Grief and loss

• Rebirth

What tone dominates the poem Break, Break, Break?

• Nostalgic

• Jubilant

• Melancholic

• Hopeful

To whom is the poet mourning in Break, Break, Break?

• A departed lover

• A lost child

• A dead friend

• A sibling

Which line in the poem reflects the poet's longing for the past?

• And I would that my tongue could utter.

• The fisherman's boy shouts with his sister at play.

• Break, break, break, on thy cold gray stones, O Sea!

• But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand.

What is the setting of Break, Break, Break?

• A bustling marketplace

• A tranquil countryside

• The seashore

• A gloomy forest