Professor Hammer argues that in a certain sense Wallace Stevens’s poetry is always meta-poetry. What does this mean ?

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Which of the following best characterizes T.S. Eliot’s concept of the “objective correlative” ?

A. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its meaning. B. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s formal structure and its rhetorical aim. C. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem’s theme and its objective historical context. D. The objective correlative refers … Which of the following best characterizes T.S. Eliot’s concept of the “objective correlative” ?Read More...

Which of the following writers wrote about trench warfare during the Great War ?

A. Siegfried Sassoon B. Isaac Rosenberg C. Wilfred Owen D. All of these answers...

Professor Hammer points out that T.S. Eliot used quotation as an important literary technique. The use of quotations, according to Professor Hammer, suggests which of the following attitudes to the past ?

A. Curiosity about the past B. Deference to the past C. Violation of the past D. Paradoxically both B and C...

Which of the following statements accurately compares Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” and Siegfried Sassoon’s “The Rear Guard” ?

A. Both poems praise Britain’s military power and its imperial ambitions. B. Both poems describe Britain’s civilizing mission in the world. C. Both poems seek to respond to the harsh political and military realities of their day. D. Both poems romanticize war and glorify the life of the soldier....

Which of the following best describes the types of imagery used in Louis Zukofsky’s poem, “A: Seventh Movement: There Are Different Techniques” ?

A. Historic and contemporary imagery B. Kabalistic imagery C. Nationalist imagery D. Everyday imagery...