Which of the following statements best characterizes Ezra Pound’s poem “Hugh Selwyn Mauberley” ?

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What is the most notable characteristic of Ezra Pound’s “In a Station at the Metro” ?

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Professor Hammer argues that Hart Crane’s poem “Voyages” is a complex reply to which of the following modernist works ?

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Ezra Pound’s “Canto I” opens with the following lines: “And then went down to the ship,/Set keel to breakers, forth on the godly sea, and(…).” Which of the following statements best characterizes these lines and the poem as a whole ?

A. These lines set an impersonal tone which dominates the entire poem. B. These lines establish a rhythmical pattern, which is followed strictly throughout the poem. C. These lines are the only impersonal lines in the poem, the rest of which is primarily focused on the complexity of human emotions. D. These lines establish a … Ezra Pound’s “Canto I” opens with the following lines: “And then went down to the ship,/Set keel to breakers, forth on the godly sea,...

Which of the following statements best characterizes the central questions faced by poetry after the Holocaust ?

A. Is it possible for Romantic themes in poetry to be meaningful after the Holocaust? B. The horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible? C. Is there a relationship between poetry and rationality after the Holocaust? D. Is there a meaningful relationship between World War I poetry and … Which of the following statements best characterizes the central questions faced by poetry after the Holocaust ?Read More...