AP Lit/Comp: "The Tyger," The Lamb," "Charge of the Light Brigade," & "Nurses Song"

Question 1

The repetition of "Canon" at the beginning of successive lines is called . . .

Accepted Answer

anaphora

Question 2

Which line in stanzas 1 or 2 could allude to aesthetic beauty but also the motif of dichotomy?

Accepted Answer

Line 4

Question 3

Imagery of "the Lamb" and an "immortal hand and eye" likely allude to . . .

Accepted Answer

God/Holy Trinity

Question 4

The ____ of the poem is that . . .

Accepted Answer

irony, the nurse is physically far yet is emotional close

Question 5

Despite impending nightfall, the poem remains _____ in tone.

Accepted Answer

All of these

Question 6

Considering images like "lamb" and "tyger" and "heaven" and "fire,Blake seems to favor ____

Accepted Answer

D. Both B and C

Question 7

Which two poems are considered "sister" poems because of their symbolism of innocence and evil?

Accepted Answer

"The Tyger" and "The Lamb"

Question 8

Who does "the fire" in stanza two of "The Tyger" refer to?

Accepted Answer

The tyger

Question 9

One may immediately notice that Blake's poem "Nurses Song" . . .

Accepted Answer

Is missing an apostrophe in the title

Question 10

Critics point to the "rolling anapestic" rhythm and soft liquid "L" words that create a . . .

Accepted Answer

gentle tone

Question 11

The repetition of the first stanza as the last stanza mimics the "fearful symmetry" of the ____

Accepted Answer

Tyger

Question 12

The answer to #1 is best called a _________ feature.

Accepted Answer

syntax

Question 13

One might call the "nurse" in Blake's song a ______ today.

Accepted Answer

nanny

Question 14

What stanza first establishes that the men in "Charge" were following suicidal orders?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 15

The poem's central rhetorical choice is . . .

Accepted Answer

rhetorical/interrogative questions

Question 16

Tennyson's poem depicts a moment of militaristic . . .

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 17

With the words "down," arise," "away," and "skies," the rhyme scheme of stanza two is . . .

Accepted Answer

ABCB

Question 18

Scansion the first stanza. What is the meter?

Accepted Answer

Anapestic

Question 19

The poem makes use of all of the following language choices EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

heavy reliance on unconventional syntax

Question 20

Scansion the first few lines. What is the "falling" rhythm (hint) of this poem?

Accepted Answer

dactylic

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