Who are the fools mentioned in the poem trees

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1. Which one of the following words is an iamb?

A. JoAnne

B. Rachel

C. Sally

D. Alice

2. Which one of the poems you've read has the rhyme scheme AA BB CC . . . ?

A. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds"

B. "Trees"

C. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

D. "The Long Voyage"

3. What is the most probable reason that rhyme and repetition first found their ways into poems?

A. They were written for the upper class.

B. The poems were easier to remember and pass on.

C. People wanted a beat they could dance to.

D. Heroes in epics tended to talk that way.

4. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" is an example of which type of poem?

A. Discursive

B. Narrative

C. Descriptive

D. Dramatic

5. Which one of the poems you've read uses the words floats, fluttering, and dancing?

A. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

B. "The Long Voyage"

C. "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"

D. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds"

6. Who are the "fools" mentioned in the poem "Trees"?

A. Poets

B. Gods

C. Trees

D. Robins

7. When a poet wishes to use figurative language, he or she will use words that are

A. ambiguous.

B. only denotative.

C. both connotative and denotative.

D. only connotative.

8. The line "A tree whose hungry mouth is prest" is an example of iambic

A. pentameter.

B. tetrameter.

C. trimeter.

D. dimeter.

9. The phrase "mid-May" is an example of

A. assonance.

B. consonance.

C. metaphor.

D. alliteration.

10. Which line best illustrates alliteration?

A. Thus Henry wrested gain from despair

B. And sings a solitary song

C. Precision slices narrow corridors of contentment

D. Cluck and pluck gave Hattie luck

11. Values of a Romantic poet include

A. community and civilization.

B. order and authority.

C. nature and individualism.

D. law and tradition.

12. Among early epic poems, is the story of a man who searches out a beloved friend in the land of the dead.

A. The Odyssey

B. Gilgamesh

C. Beowulf

D. The Iliad

13. The way Cowley uses the phrase "my own country" is an example of

A. personification.

B. simile.

C. repetition.

D. consonance.

14. Scan this line from Cowley's poem: "its hills bent low within my reach." How many feet does this line contain?

A. 5

B. 4

C. 7

D. 6

15. Study the following lines:

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

These lines are an example of a/an

A. quatrain.

B. couplet.

C. octet.

D. sestet.

16. The line "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is an example of

A. a simile.

B. a couplet.

C. alliteration.

D. a metaphor.

17. The repeated use of the "o" sound in "A host, of golden daffodils" is called

A. alliteration.

B. assonance.

C. consonance.

D. rhyme.

18. Emphasizing the importance of order, law, discipline, and tradition is typical of literature.

A. Classical

B. dramatic

C. Romantic

D. discursive

19. As we find with most songs, in poetry

A. meanings are hidden in imprecise words.

B. each couplet must rhyme.

C. sound and content have equal weight.

D. there's no specific point of view.

20. During the Romantic period, poets placed an emphasis on

A. hierarchy.

B. nature.

C. order.

D. discipline.

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