Analyzing Themes in Poetry

The transcript features a collection of classic poems, each exploring themes such as choices, power, beauty, creation, purpose, and mortality. These poems reflect on life's decisions, the impermanence of power, the beauty of art and nature, and the challenge of death, encouraging readers to live with purpose and appreciate the eternal aspects of life.

What does the narrator regret in 'The Road Not Taken'?

• Not asking for directions

• Choosing the wrong road

• Not taking both roads

• Not traveling with a friend

What does the 'mighty woman with a torch' symbolize in 'The New Colossus'?

• War

• Freedom

• Wealth

• Power

What remains of Ozymandias's statue?

• A hand holding a scepter

• Two legs and a shattered visage

• A headless torso

• A complete statue

What does the urn in 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' represent?

• The futility of life

• The power of love

• The passage of time

• Eternal beauty and truth

What is the central question in 'The Tyger'?

• Why is the tiger feared?

• Where does the tiger live?

• How does the tiger hunt?

• Who created the tiger?

What does the narrator question in 'On His Blindness'?

• The fairness of fate

• The purpose of life

• The nature of God

• The value of his work

What is the main message of 'A Psalm of Life'?

• Prepare for the afterlife

• Enjoy life to the fullest

• Live in the present and leave a legacy

• Life is a dream

What does the sight of daffodils bring to the narrator in 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'?

• Sadness

• Inspiration

• Confusion

• Fear

What does the poem 'Death, Be Not Proud' assert about death?

• Death is a final end

• Death is to be feared

• Death is an illusion

• Death is powerful

In 'Sonnet 18', what is compared to a summer's day?

• A painting

• A beloved

• A memory

• A dream