How has Stephen Dunn been described in the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry?
A poet of middleness
Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness
One of the leading prairie poets
Has some distinction as a critic
Correct Answer :
A. A poet of middleness
Related Questions
chaucers franklin was guilty of which sin?
Lust
Corruption
Theft
Gluttony
What is a funny poem of five lines called?
Quartet
Limerick
Sextet
Palindrome
How many languages did chaucer know?
2
4
1
5
In his poem Kipling said If you can meet with triumph and . . . . . . . . .?
Glory
Ruin
Disaster
victory
chaucer was imprisoned during-?
hundred years war
Black death
Peasant revolt
None of the above
Which of the following is not a poet?
William Shakespeare
Terry Saylor
Elizabeth b. Browning
Emily Dickinson
Rupert Brooke wrote his poetry during which conflict?
Boer War
Second World War
Korean War
First World War
Who wrote Ten Little Niggers?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Irvine Welsh
Agatha Christie
None of above
Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas?
Hindu
Celtic
Arabic
Arameic
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
No difference. Simply two different ways in referring to the same thing.
A simile is more descriptive.
A simile uses as or like to make a comparison and a metaphor doesnt.
A simile must use animals in the comparison.
Which Welsh poet wrote Under Milk Wood?
Anthony Hopkins
Richard Burton
Tom Jones
Dylan Thomas
How old was Rupert Brooke at the time of his death?
24
31
21
28
Ted Hughes was married to which American poetess?
Carolyn Kizer
Mary Oliver
Sylvia Plath
Marianne Moore
How has Stephen Dunn been described in the Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry?
A poet of middleness
Capturing a sense of spiritual marooness
One of the leading prairie poets
Has some distinction as a critic
What is the word for a play on words?
pun
simile
haiku
metaphor
What is the imitation of natural sounds in word form?
Personification
Hyperboles
Alliteration
Onomatopoeia
___________is a late 20th century play written by a woman?
Queen Cristina
Top Girls
Camille
The Homecoimg
Of which poet was it said Even if hes not a great poet, hes certainly a great something?
Elliot
Kipling
Cummings
Brooke
What is a poem called whose first letters of each line spell out a word?
Alliterative
Epic
Acrostic
Haiku
which of these is magnum opus of chaucer?
Troilus and criseyde
House of fame
The canterbury tales
Parliament of fowls.
Aldous Huxley was a poet, but was better known as what?
Politician
Dramatist
Novelist
Architect
Which figure of speech is it when a statement is exaggerated in a poem?
Onomatopeia
Metonymy
Alliteration
Hyperbole
William Shakespeare was born in the year:
1564
1544
1578
1582
What is a sonnet?
A poem of six lines
A poem of eight lines
A poem of twelve lines
A poem of fourteen lines
Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse?
Alliterative verse
Sonnet form
Iambic pentameter
Dactylic hexameter
Sylvia Plath married which English poet?
Masefield
Causley
Hughes
Larkin
Why did Poetry Quarterly cease publication in 1953?
Owner convicted of fraud
Fall in Sales
Rise in taxation on magazines
Shortage of paper
The Cambridge school refers to a group who emerged when?
The 1900's
The 1960's
The 1920's
The 1930's
In what form did Dylan Thomass Under Milk Wood first become known?
Book of poetry
A radio play
A stage play
a short film
Who wrote The Hound of the Baskervilles?
Agatha Christie
H Ryder-Haggard
P D James
Arthur Conan Doyle