DE English
Rosenbaum
Poetry Test Review- The test will be worth 200 points and will be on ________________.
Short Answer Questions- From Literature (blue book)
For most of these poems, I simply took the questions at the end of each poem from the book—either word
for word or adapted slightly. It is also important that you understand the element that was significant to
each poem. For example, the poem Comment deals with irony—and the question I asked is about the irony
of…
Those Winter Sundays (p. 635)
Ask Me (p. 643)
Doo Wop (p. 649)
White Lies (p. 651)
Monologue for an Onion (p. 654)
Comment (p. 663)
Making it in poetry (p. 663)
Dulce et Decorum Est (p. 667)
Silence (p. 676)
Grass (p. 681)
Dog Haiku (p. 681)
Jabberwocky (p. 693)
next to of course god america i (p. 703)
Driving to Town Late to Mail a Letter (p. 721)
Birthday Cake (p. 721)
Metaphors (p. 735)
Turtles (p. 745)
Richard Cory (p. 754)
Ballad of Birmingham (p. 759)
The Times They Are a-Changin (p. 764)
Recital (p. 774)
The Hippopotamus (p. 780)
We Real Cool (p. 793)
Do not go gentle into that good night (p. 824)
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (p. 838)
Swan and Shadow p. 843
Concrete Cat p. 845
First Love: A Quiz p. 847
Remember the classical allusion in this poem is from the story of…
Snow White (p. 877)
Cinderella (p. 879)
How Do I Hate You? Let Me Count the Ways (p. 913)
Multiple Choice - Poetry of the Romantic Period in Elements of Literature book
To a Mouse p. 722
-What does the speaker tell the mouse that he will not do?
-Why is the speaker envious of the mouse?
-What season is approaching?
-What is significant about the use of dialect in the poem?
The Tyger p. 731
-What is the speaker’s attitude toward the tiger?
-What images are used to compare the tiger?
-What does the speaker wonder about the tiger’s creator?
-know who “he” refers to
The Lamb p. 733
-understand what the speaker is asking in the first stanza
-know the tone of the second stanza
-know who “he” refers to
The Chimney Sweeper p. 738
-How would you describe the beginning of Tom’s dream? The ending?
-What advice does the speaker give to unhappy chimney sweepers?
-What has the speaker spent most of his life doing?
A Poison Tree p. 743
-know how the speaker felt towards his friend and his foe
-understand the main point of the first stanza
-know what the foe is tempted by
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner p. 775
-Why does the Mariner travel from country to country?
-How does the Wedding Guest feel at the end of the Mariner’s story?
-What does the Mariner realize about the albatross after he kills it?
She Walks in Beauty p. 812
-What does the speaker think of the woman’s heart? Her beauty?
-What evidence does the speaker give to confirm his high opinion of her?
-What does the speaker imagine of the woman’s mind?
-What literary technique—personification, metaphor, allusion, or simile—
is present in the first line of the poem?
Ozymandias p. 820
-What has happened to the monument of Ozymandias?
-Ozymandias is a symbol of what?
-How does Shelley use the word “antique” ironically?
-What literary technique is present in the last line of the poem?
Ode to the West Wind p. 825
-Know what “thou” is throughout the poem
-What does the speaker wish that the wind could offer him?
-The West Wind is personified as what?
-The wind also serves as an extended metaphor for what?
-Be sure to find an example of apostrophe in the poem
Ode to a Nightingale p. 848
-What about the nightingale overwhelms the speaker?
-What does the nightingale inspire the speaker to do?
-Look over the conclusion of the poem
-What is the speaker’s mood?
-Know how synaesthesia is used in the poem