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Modern Poetry and Poetics
Question 56 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
Which of the following statements best characterizes the formal qualities of Langston Hughes's poem "Life is Fine"?
The diction is much more polysyllabic than monosyllabic. | |
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. | |
It is written in Standard American English for middle-class readers. | |
This poem is structured like a villanelle. |
Question 57 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
Which of the following literary devices are present in Langston Hughes's poem "Ku Klux"?
Irony | |
Allegory | |
Oxymoron | |
Alliteration |
Question 58 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
Which of the following was NOT a prominent theme of American and English modernist poetry?
The search for a new poetic language and the idea that language can be reinvented by poets | |
The quest to describe objects with precision and without emotion | |
The idea that the self is neither unitary nor permanently stable | |
The approval of the norms and values of bourgeois culture |
Question 59 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
Which of the following best describes the types of imagery used in Louis Zukofsky's poem, "A: Seventh Movement: There Are Different Techniques"?
Historic and contemporary imagery | |
Kabalistic imagery | |
Nationalist imagery | |
Everyday imagery |
Question 60 [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER] |
What does Gertrude Stein's term "the Lost Generation" designate?
It refers to a group of talented American \'emigr\'e writers who lived in Europe after World War I. | |
It refers to the young generation whose coming of age was interrupted by World War I. | |
It refers to English poets who sought refuge in New York City after World War I ended. | |
Both A and B |
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