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A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General

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A group analysis of the satirical elegy by Jonathan Swift

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1
What literary period did Swift belong to?
Transcendentalism
Enlightenment
Realism
Romantics
2
What role is served by Swift's use of Rhymed couplets throughout the poem?
An extended metaphor for the General's life
To provide a platform for satire
Swift hated pretentious rhyme schemes
Swift prefered writing novels and found Couplets easy
3
Satire is a type of humour, used to ridicule. What is an Elegy?
A poem of serious reflection
A poem of sudden realisation
A tribute to someone who has just died
A poem written in elegiac couplets
4
Which of these quotes is a rhetorical interrogative?
"Of old age too, and in his bed!"
"He left behind so great a stink."
"And so inglorious, after all!"
"And could that mighty warrior fall?"
5
Swift was an Augustan; what is that?
A form of renaissance literature
A literary period, specialising in death-inspired poetry
A literary epoch, specialising in Satirical poetry
A poet born in August
6
Who was the "Late Famous General"?
John Churchill
The Duke of Westminster
The Duke of York
John Seymour