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What is the most notable characteristic of Ezra Pound’s “In a Station at the Metro” ? A. The form of a villanelle B. The use of synesthesia C. The use of simileD. The use of metaphor
Yeats’s “Song of Wandering Aengus” ends with the lines: “And pluck till time and times are done/The silver apples of the moon/The golden apples of the sun.” Which of the following is NOT a symbolic meaning of the apples ? A. They symbolize the return to a lost paradise. B. They point to alchemical elements,…
Which of the following statements best expresses the difference between how visual images functioned in World War I poetry and Imagist poetry ? A. There were no significant differences in the functioning of visual images in these two types of poetry.B. The Imagists relied on visual images to achieve clarity of expression, whereas World War…
Ezra Pound’s “Cantos” may be called a modernist epic, though its form ultimately defies classification. Pound’s poem alludes to which of the following epic poems ? A. The Mahabharata B. Paradise LostC. The Odyssey D. The Aeneid
Which of the following statements does NOT characterize the poet e. e. cummings ? A. Ivy League educated B. Active pacifist during both world wars C. Popularized the use of free verseD. A private and self-effacing person
Ezra Pound’s poem “In a Station of the Metro” reads: “The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough.” Which of the following statements best characterizes this poem ? A. It seeks to diminish the distance between society and nature. B. It seeks to amplify the distance between society and…
Which of the following statements best characterizes American World War II poems ? A. They tend to use traditional rhyme schemes and rhythms, and they avoid free verse. B. They tend to use metaphors and avoid direct descriptive statements. C. They tend to use classical imagery while rejecting romantic tropes.D. They tend to be narrative…
Which of the following natural forces “speaks” in the culminating passage of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” ? A. An avalanche B. Rapids C. The west windD. Thunder
What is the central theme of Keith Douglas’s “How to Kill” ? A. Combat detaches a man from humanity. B. All is fair in love and war. C. It is honorable and just to defend your country in a war. D. There is a right and a wrong way to throw a hand grenade.
Which of the following writers authored the poem “Dulce et Decorum Est?” A. Wilfred Owen B. Siegfried Sassoon C. Rupert Brooke D. Rudyard Kipling