What is the central theme of Keith Douglas’s “How to Kill” ?

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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...

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 ?

A. Most modernist poets lived in large cities; therefore, they often used urban imagery in their poetry. B. Many languages and many forms of language were used in large cities; modernist poets often treated language not as something given and natural but as a construct which they could manipulate. C. Individuals often felt lost and … In the first lecture of his Modern Poetry course, what argument does Professor Langdon Hammer make about the relationship between the modern city and...

Which of the following statements best characterizes Georgia Douglass Johnson’s poem “Black Woman” ?

A. This poem focuses primarily on the different experiences of black and white women. B. This poem describes the relationship between a black woman and her child. C. This poem is a conversation between a black woman and a child who is not yet born. D. The poem is a conversation between a black woman … Which of the following statements best characterizes Georgia Douglass Johnson’s poem “Black Woman” ?Read More...

Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?

A. Hughes uses a universal speaker for an exploration of a profound racial divide between blacks and whites. B. The poem is an analytical exploration of racial differences in the United States. C. Similar to Hart Crane and Whitman, Hughes uses a personal and universal “I” to address issues of history, race, and identity. D. … Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?Read More...

Complete the following sentence. Professor Hammer argues that Ezra Pound’s interest in fascism and his anti-Semitic views were likely an outcome of his______________?

A. endorsement of Marxism. B. interest in ancient Rome. C. anti-capitalism. D. interest in Fourier’s utopian socialist thought....