In the first lecture of his Modern Poetry course, what argument does Professor Langdon Hammer make about the relationship between the modern city and poetic modernism ?

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Which of the following statements best characterizes American World War II poems ?

A. They tend to use traditional rhyme schemes and rhythms, and they avoid free verse. B. They tend to use metaphors and avoid direct descriptive statements. C. They tend to use classical imagery while rejecting romantic tropes. D. They tend to be narrative and confront the reader with stark wartime realities....

In analyzing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Professor Hammer argues that Eliot creates something that might be called which of the following ?

A. “A meditation on contradictions” B. “Overheard inner speech” C. “Implicit dialogue with the future” D. “Objective correlative”...

What is the principal subject of Marianne Moore’s poem “An Octopus” ?

A. Death B. Mt. Rainier C. The ocean D. An octopus...

Siegfried Sassoon’s “The Dragon and the Undying” includes the following lines: “Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze,/Vocal are they, like stormbewilder’d seas.” Which of the following literary devices does Sassoon use in these lines and to what effect ?

A. Metaphor to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature B. Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature C. Metonymy to describe the brutality of modern warfare D. Onomatopoeia to describe the brutality of modern warfare...

Which of the following phrases best describes the central goal of Imagist poets ?

A. “Emotional power achieved through suggestive visual images” B. “Exploration of philosophical paradoxes through visual images” C. “Clarity of expression through the use of precise visual images” D. “Inclusion of natural objects as symbols”...