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Poetry Anthology - Nature/Time

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who wrote The Prelude?
a)
William Wordsworth
b)
Dorothy Wordsworth
c)
Percy Shelley
d)
Mary Shelley
2.

'The Prelude' is ....

a)

fictional

b)

biographical

c)

autobiographical

3.

Complete the line from 'The Prelude': "happy time – a time of _______"

a)

happiness

b)

rapture

c)

excitement

d)

laughter

4.

We are studying Excerpts of 'The Prelude', meaning it is a section of the whole poem 'The Prelude' which is classed as an....

a)

Ode

b)

Sonnet

c)

Epic poem

d)

Ballad

5.

Complete the line from 'The Prelude': "The _________ sky of evening died away."

a)

night

b)

evening

c)

red

d)

orange

6.
Who wrote To Autumn?
a)
John Keats
b)
Percy Shelley
c)
Lord Byron
d)
Philip Larkin
7.
In To Autumn, how does the narrator feel about Autumn?
a)
Sees the power and beauty of autumn
b)
He prefers summer
c)
He feels autumn is a cruel season
d)
He looks forward to the end of autumn
8.
In To Autumn, what technique does the narrator use in the quote 'Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun'?
a)
Personification
b)
Alliteration
c)
Simile
d)
Oxymoron
9.
What is the form of the poem, To Autumn?
a)
Ode
b)
Sonnet
c)
Ballad
d)
Lyric
10.

'Complete the line from 'To Autumn': "later flowers for the _____"

a)

bees

b)

trees

c)

branches

d)

animals

11.
Who wrote 'As Immperceptibly as Grief'?
a)
Emily Dickinson
b)
Emily Bronte
c)
Emily Blunt
d)
Emily Barton
12.
What does 'imperceptibly' mean?
a)
So subtle and unnoticeably changing
b)
Of great significance
c)
Of vital importance
d)
Not likely to happen
13.

What is the overall tone of As Imperceptibly as Grief? Choose all the correct answers.

a)

Melancholic

b)

Mournful

c)

Nostalgic

d)

Positive

14.
What does As Imperceptibly as Grief compare?
a)
The departure of summer to the departure of happiness
b)
The departure of the sun to the departure of a boat
c)
The departure of the sun to the departure of a bird
d)
The departure of nature to the departure of the light
15.

Complete the quote from 'As Imperceptibly As Grief': "Our summer made her light escape into the ________"

a)

horizon

b)

sky

c)

beautiful

d)

heavens

16.
Where was the poet of Death of a Naturalist from?
a)
Northern Ireland
b)
Southern Ireland
c)
Scotland
d)
Wales
17.
What is the 'death' that is referred to in the title of Death of a Naturalist?
a)
The death of childhood innocence
b)
The death of the frogs
c)
The death of Miss Walls
d)
The death of the natural world
18.
In Death of a Naturalist, there is a distinct change in tone in the second stanza of the poem. What do we call this poetic technique?
a)
A volta
b)
A rhyme
c)
Caesura
d)
Enjambment
19.

Within 'Death of a Naturalist', which language choices convey the youth and innocence of the speaker.

a)

Mammy frog

b)

jampotfuls

c)

mud grenades

d)

ran

20.

Complete the line from 'Death of a Naturalist': "Angry frogs _______".

a)

approach

b)

appear

c)

invade

d)

descend