Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth” begins with the following lines: “What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?/ Only the monstrous anger of the guns./ Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle/Can patter out their hasty orisons.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines ?

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Professor Hammer argues that which of the following statements is true of Ezra Pound’s strong emphasis on poetic technique ?

A. It serves to effectively depersonalize Pound’s poems. B. It serves the greater aim of conveying both intensity and immediacy in Pound’s poetry. C. It is a paradoxical mixture of personal and impersonal elements. D. It is a means of creating a dialogue between modernity and tradition....

Which of the following was NOT a prominent theme of American and English modernist poetry ?

A. The search for a new poetic language and the idea that language can be reinvented by poets B. The quest to describe objects with precision and without emotion C. The idea that the self is neither unitary nor permanently stable D. The approval of the norms and values of bourgeois culture...

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Georgian poetry and English World War I poetry ?

A. Georgian poetry was modeled on World War I poetry and adapted its insights to postwar realities. B. Unlike World War I poetry, Georgian poetry was concerned primarily with the effects of urbanization and industrialization. C. Unlike World War I poetry, Georgian poetry was concerned primarily with women’s rights. D. World War I poets like … Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Georgian poetry and English World War I poetry ?Read More...

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....

The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” ends with the following lines: “My friend, you would not tell with such high zest/To children ardent for some desperate glory,/The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est/ Pro patria mori.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines ?

A. Brooke’s inclusion of a quotation from Horace in these lines serves to emphasize the distance between the ideals ofWestern civilization and its realities. B. These lines suggest the author’s anger and disillusionment with cultural norms which glorify war. C. In these lines, Brooke seeks to bridge the gap between individual experience and cultural norms … The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” ends with the following lines: “My friend, you would not tell with such high zest/To children ardent for...