In Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge,” which line demonstrates personification?

“This City now doth, like a garment, wear / The beauty”

Which phrase does NOT contain imagery?

“Oh let me be awake, my God! / Or let me sleep always.“

How do Wordsworth’s poems typify him as a Romantic poet?

seeing the beauty rather than the ugliness in the world

What is the paradox exposed in the last line of Wordsworth’s sonnet?

“mighty heart” can’t be alive & still, this is contradictory

The poet delights in his sister’s reaction tothe landscape because she

feels as he did on his first visit

As part of his punishment, the Mariner must

periodically repeat the tale he told the Hermit.

In “The Tyger,” the speaker questions

whether the Tyger and the Lamb had the same creator

An ode is a poem that

is a reflective work on a serious subject

The old cliché to wear an “albatross around your neck,” most likely means

To bear a burden of guilt or shame for a past deed

Which of the following lines from “Kubla Khan”contains alliteration?

“…Through caverns measureless to man”

Which of the following events from Rime of the Ancient Mariner occurs first?

The Mariner shoots the albatross

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Romantic Poetry--British Literature

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Basic content questions about the poetry of the Romantic poets: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, and Keats.

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1
Who rescues the Mariner after his ship sinks?
the Wedding Guest
Life-in-Death
the pilot
the Polar Spirit
2
In Wordsworth’s “Composed upon Westminster Bridge,” which line demonstrates personification?
“All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.”
“Ne’ersaw I, never felt, a calm so deep!”
“This City now doth, like a garment, wear / The beauty”
“A sight so touching in its majesty”
3
The speaker in “The Lamb” is
Jesus Christ
Christian Minister
the lamb
a little child
4
Which phrase does NOT contain imagery?
“Oh let me be awake, my God! / Or let me sleep always.“
through the drifts, the snowy clifts did send a dismal sheen
“With throats unslaked, with black lips baked”
“Brown skeletons of leaves that lag / My forest brook along”
5
How do Wordsworth’s poems typify him as a Romantic poet?
He uses blank verse and a meditative style in both poems
He uses a sonnet structure typical of the time period
His use of personification and irony is considered typical
seeing the beauty rather than the ugliness in the world
6
In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, the tale of the ill-fated ship is told by the
Wedding Guest
Mariner
The Hermit
Pilot's son
7
The color of the woman’s hair in the poem “She Walks in Beauty” is
blonde
brown
red
black
8
The poem “Kubla Khan” conveys
a series of memorable images
historical facts about China
the tales of a traveler in the Far East
an account of the brave deeds of a ruling family
9
What literary device does Coleridge use that distinguishes his ballad from traditional ballads?
repetition
archaic words
supernatural events
allusions
10
To the speaker of “She Walks in Beauty,” the woman’s beauty represents
spirituality
innocence
intelligence
power
11
In the poem “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” Wordsworth admires the abbey for
its prosperous farms
its harmony with man made structures
its abundance of religious buildings
its natural beauty
12
What is the paradox exposed in the last line of Wordsworth’s sonnet?
A river can’t “glideth at his own sweet will”
“mighty heart” can’t be alive & still, this is contradictory
disbelief of a “soul who could pass by” this majestic scene
The houses “seem asleep” which is a human characteristic.
13
Coleridge uses many archaic words to give his ballad what type of quality?
rhythmic
Western
old-fashioned
sea-faring
14
Which scene is depicted on the back of the urn(stanza 4)?
a town festival
a city by the river
a mountain road
a religious procession
15
The tone of “Ozymandias” is
morbid
comic
ironic
tragic
16
Which elements of a traditional folk ballad does Coleridge use to create his literary ballad?
all of the above
strong pattern of rhythm and rhyme
supernatural events
repetition
17
Which of the following shows the rhyme scheme of terza rima used in “Ode to the West Wind”?
aba bcb cdc ded ee
abc def abc def gg
aba cdc efe ghg ii
abc cba abc cba bb
18
Byron writes “She walks in beauty, like the night” which is a ______that drives the poem.
cliche
rhyme scheme
simile
metaphor
19
The poet delights in his sister’s reaction tothe landscape because she
has never been there before
is pure and innocent
feels as he did on his first visit
has spent too much time in the city
20
As part of his punishment, the Mariner must
watch as other sailors starve or drown.
periodically repeat the tale he told the Hermit.
never kill another feathered creature.
constantly work to save all creatures great and small.
21
What is the tone in this final line--“If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?”
resignation
hope
despair
awe of nature
22
What can we learn about Ozymandias based on what is written on his pedestal?
He is egotistical
He is physically fit
He is powerful
He is strong
23
In “The Tyger,” the speaker questions
what the Tyger will do now that it is free and on the loose
whether the Tyger should be chained up
why the Tyger was made in the first place
whether the Tyger and the Lamb had the same creator
24
An ode is a poem that
was written by the Roman poet Horace
addresses the subject of love
is a reflective work on a serious subject
is written in an irregular stanza
25
The old cliché to wear an “albatross around your neck,” most likely means
Care for all of God’s creatures large and small
Good people die when they are young
To bear a burden of guilt or shame for a past deed
To make the most of yourself
26
In the final stanza of “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats addresses
the maker of the urn
a character on the urn
nature personified
the urn itself
27
Which scene is depicted on the front side of the urn (stanzas 1-3)?
a concert
figures dancing to music
a play being performed
farmers in a field
28
Each of the separate sections of “Ode to the West Wind” is
a couplet
a ballad
an ode
a sonnet
29
Which of the following lines from “Kubla Khan”contains alliteration?
“…Through caverns measureless to man”
“And here were forests ancient as the hills,”
“A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!”
It flung up momently the sacred river.”
30
Which of the following events from Rime of the Ancient Mariner occurs first?
The Mariner again sees his home country
The Mariner shoots the albatross
The ship sinks, and the Mariner is rowed to shore
A skeleton ship appears carrying a crew of two.

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