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A particular query concerning poetic variations and entailments

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote An Essay on Criticism?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Sir Thomas Wyatt

c)

Philip Bourke Marston

d)

Alexander Pope

2.

What is the main theme behind the poem written by Charlotte Mew in our anthology?

a)

Doubt as the path to achieving liberation

b)

Liberation through death, limits of life

c)

Unrequited Love, empathy, and sincerity

d)

The Importance of Virtue, the practice of happiness

3.

What do the natural sceneries in An Essay on Criticism allude to?

a)

The infinite pursuit of human knowledge and truth

b)

The obstacles of life that prevents monetary success

c)

The omnipotence of god

d)

The corruptive nature of human relationships

4.

What is the predominant meter of the poem written by Percy Shelley?

a)

Irregular

b)

Iambic pentameter

c)

Iambic Tetrameter

d)

Trochaic pentameter

5.

How does the poem written by Lauris Edmond use enjambment in the poem?

a)

It represents nature as majestic and universal

b)

It alludes to the infinite flowing of time

c)

It expresses the futility of success

d)

It condemns the notion of an idealistic world

6.

What may be the purposes of anaphora in the poem written by Philip Marston? (Select all correct answers)

a)

Excessive nostalgia in the reminiscing of the little things in life spent with his loved one

b)

The long-term waiting for a loved one to return from abroad

c)

Yearning for a little more time to be spent with his loved one

d)

The infinite and fast flowing of time and its unstoppable nature

7.

Who was Mary Mock writing to in "Verses Written on Her Death-bed at Bath"?

a)

陈舜允(反正你们也看不懂)

b)

Her Husband George

c)

Her Husband John

d)

Her Boyfriend Louis

8.

What is the greek philosophy that Henry Wotton follows in his poem?

a)

Epicureanism

b)

Pyrrhonism

c)

Pythagorism

d)

Stoicism

9.

What does the continuous use of "we" represent in the poem written by Algernon Swinbourne?

a)

Men

b)

Flowers

c)

Women

d)

Collective consciousness

10.

Which animals did Elinor Wylie reference in her poem?

a)

Pelican and Owl

b)

Capybara and Pig

c)

Orca and Monkey

d)

Eagle and Antelope