What are some of the surface similarities between Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” and John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Telling the Bees” ?

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Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between World War II poetry and Futurist poetry ?

A. The Futurists apotheosized technology, whereas World War II poets often focused on technology’s destructive powers. B. The Futurists praised speed, whereas World War II poets often evoked images of nature to describe the human condition. C. The Futurists privileged the part over the whole, whereas World War II poets did not deal with the … Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between World War II poetry and Futurist poetry ?Read More...

Which of the following statements best characterizes the formal qualities of Langston Hughes’s poem “Life is Fine” ?

A. The diction is much more polysyllabic than monosyllabic. B. The use of alternating end rhymes and word repetitions enhance the music of the poem and along with its occasional dissonance give it an improvisational jazz-like quality. C. It is written in Standard American English for middle-class readers. D. This poem is structured like a … Which of the following statements best characterizes the formal qualities of Langston Hughes’s poem “Life is Fine” ?Read More...

Which of the following poets wrote about World War II ?

A. Rupert Brooke B. Rudyard Kipling C. Karl Shapiro D. Hart Crane...

According to Professor Hammer, which of the following is the central question explored by T.S. Eliot in “The Waste Land” ?

A. Is authentic poetry possible in the aftermath of the carnage of World War I? B. Given the diversity of the world’s poetic traditions, can there be a universal language of poetic symbolism? C. How can a shared world be created out of the fundamentally different and private experiences of individual people? D. Given that … According to Professor Hammer, which of the following is the central question explored by T.S. Eliot in “The Waste Land” ?Read More...

Violet Cristoforo was honored for collecting what kind of poetry in her anthology “May Sky” ?

A. Love sonnets from the Nazi death camps B. American G.I. poetry from German prisoner of war camps C. Jewish dissident poetry from the gulags in Siberia D. Haiku poetry from the Japanese internment camps in the US...