1. In which of the following poem do we find the expression, “O fearful meditation”!?
Ans. Since Brass nor Stone
2.The period of the Transitional Age in the history of English literature is
Ans. Age of Johnson/ Pre - Romantic Period
3 “Without Contraries, no Progression” is an apt observation by
Ans. William Blake
4. What does the word ‘weep’ in Blake’s poem actually mean?
Ans. Sweep
5. Who is the sister of William Wordsworth?
Ans. Dorothy
6 William Wordsworth essentially is a ___ poet.
Ans. Romantic
7.Browning’s poem “My Last Duchess” is an example of
Ans. Dramatic Monologue
8. In which year was Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses” published?
Ans. 1842
9.Which of the following is the main narrative background of Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses”?
Ans. Odyssey
10. Preludes” is a cluster of how many poems?
Ans. 4
11.What is the figure of speech in the expression “The burnt-out ends of smoky days”?
Ans. Metaphor
12.In which collection of Yeats’ poems was “An Acre of Grass” included?
Ans. Last Poems
13. Which visionary English poet has been referred to in Yeats’ “An Acre of Grass”?
Ans. William Blake
14. Seamus Heaney is a poet of
Ans. Ireland
15. From which anthology has Larkin’s “Church Going” been taken?
Ans. The Less Deceived
16. The rhetoric that has been used in the expression “sad mortality” is
Ans. Synecdoche
17. Death Be Not Proud belongs to which collection?
Ans. Holy Sonnets
18. How many sonnets are there in Shakespeare’s sonnet sequence
Ans. 154 sonnets
19. What is the rhyming pattern of Shakespearean sonnet?
Ans. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
20. John Donne belongs to which age?
Ans. Jacobean Age
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