Claude Mckay and the Sonnet form

Which poetry form did Claude McKay deliberately choose to use during the modernist movement?

• Sonnet

• Blank Verse

• Limerick

• Free verse

• Haiku

Which of the following poets was NOT mentioned as a contemporary of Claude McKay?

• None of the above

• Ezra Pound

• H.D.

• Langston Hughes

• T.S. Eliot

What themes did Claude McKay's poetry from the 1910s and 20s embrace?

• Nature and romance

• Love and personal relationships

• Class, race, and modern urban existence

• Mythology and folklore

• Spirituality and religion

What influenced Claude McKay to write vernacular poetry in Jamaican patois?

• The influence of free verse

• His education with an English mentor

• Rejection of traditional forms

• His travels to Europe

• Modernist aesthetics

According to Terence Hoagwood, why did McKay prefer the traditional sonnet form?

• He believed it best expressed his feeling

• It was the most popular form of the time

• He found free verse too restrictive

• Sonnet forms were easier to write

• He was influenced by his English mentor

How did McKay view the guidelines of the sonnet form?

• A) As irrelevant to his poetic expression

• As outdated and old-fashion

• As similar to Free verse

• As strict rules that limited his creativity

• As a way to set his poetry free

What role did McKay's brother play in his early life?

• 
  He was his primary writing mentor

• 
  He exposed McKay to classical writers

• He taught McKay the sonnet form

• 
  He discouraged McKay from writing poetry

• He introduced McKay to modernist poets

What did you learn about Claude McKay and the Sonnet form?