WorksheetsMetaphysical School of Poets
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following was NOT a metaphysical poet?
John Dryden
Henry Vaughan
George Herbert
Abraham Cowley
Who wrote "To His Coy Mistress"?
Andrew Marvell
Richard Crashaw
John Donne
George Herbert
Which poet and critic coined the term “metaphysical poet”?
Andrew Marvell
John Donne
Henry Vaughan
Samuel Johnson
Why these poets are called the metaphysical poets?
They are highly philosophical
Their poetry contain display of learning and far-fetched similes and metaphors
Both a and b
None of the above
The metaphysical poets were:
honest, original thinkers
analyse their feelings and experience, hoped for immortality
both a and b
none of the above
Metaphysical poetry can be defined as the following:
Iambic Pentameter and 14 lines
Highly intellectual, using witty comparisons and paradox.
Influenced strongly by the Puritan Beliefs
Highly Intellectual and very serious
John Donne invented this to use in his poetry
paradox
onomotopoeia
satire
irony
Define paradox
A witty compliment
Something that appears the same, but proves contradictory under deeper consideration
A love poem
Something that appears contradictory, but proves true under deeper consideration
Conceits are
People who are arrogant
Friends
Wierd comparisons
over-exaggeration
A complex literary device that makes a far-stretched comparison
Paradox
Poem
Argument
Conceit
Who is known as the preeminent metaphysical poet of his time?
John Keats
John Donne
Oscar Wild
All the above
Who said about John Donne that 'he affects metaphysics'?
Dr. Johnson
Dryden
Abraham Cowley
None of the above
Which one is not the major theme of John Donne's poetry?
Belittling cosmic forces
Love as both physical and spiritual
Politics
Religion
Which one is not the poem by John Donne?
Death Be not Proud
The Sun Rising
The Dream
Progress of Poesy
Who is considered as a master of the metaphysical conceit?
William Shakespeare
John Donne
T. S. Eliot
All the above
What is the nature of John Donne's poetry?
Witty
Intellectual
Comic
Sarcastic
Who said this '“A thought to Donne was an experience It modified his sensibility” about John Donne?
W. B. Yeats
T. S. Eliot
Abraham Cowley
None of the above
Who wrote " The Collar"?
John Donne
Andrew Marvell
John Dryden
George Herbert
