Famous Lyric Poems

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Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "The Raven"?

  1. Edgar Allan Poe

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. Robert Frost

  4. Emily Dickinson


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

"The Raven" is one of the most famous lyric poems in American literature, known for its haunting imagery and use of repetition.

In "Ode to a Nightingale," what does the speaker compare the bird's song to?

  1. A flowing river

  2. A distant star

  3. A summer breeze

  4. A beautiful woman


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the poem, the speaker describes the nightingale's song as "a full-throated ease," comparing it to the "soft incense" of flowers and the "moving waters at their priestlike task."

Who wrote the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"?

  1. Dylan Thomas

  2. Sylvia Plath

  3. W.H. Auden

  4. T.S. Eliot


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Dylan Thomas's poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" is a powerful meditation on mortality and the importance of living life to the fullest.

Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "Ozymandias"?

  1. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  2. John Keats

  3. William Blake

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Shelley's "Ozymandias" is a sonnet that reflects on the transience of power and the futility of human ambition.

In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," what does the speaker compare the woods to?

  1. A cathedral

  2. A painting

  3. A dream

  4. A song


Correct Option:
Explanation:

In the poem, the speaker describes the woods as "lovely, dark and deep," comparing them to a church where he can find peace and solitude.

Who wrote the poem "The Road Not Taken"?

  1. Robert Frost

  2. Emily Dickinson

  3. Walt Whitman

  4. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken" is a reflection on the choices we make in life and the paths we take.

Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "Ode to a Grecian Urn"?

  1. John Keats

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Keats's "Ode to a Grecian Urn" is a meditation on the beauty and permanence of art, contrasting it with the transience of human life.

In "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be," what does the speaker fear?

  1. Death

  2. Loneliness

  3. Poverty

  4. Failure


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the poem, the speaker expresses his fear of death and the possibility that he may be forgotten after he is gone.

Who wrote the poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?

  1. T.S. Eliot

  2. Ezra Pound

  3. William Carlos Williams

  4. Wallace Stevens


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" is a modernist masterpiece that explores themes of love, loneliness, and alienation.

Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep"?

  1. Mary Elizabeth Frye

  2. Emily Dickinson

  3. Robert Frost

  4. Walt Whitman


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mary Elizabeth Frye's poem "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep" is a comforting and uplifting reflection on death and the afterlife.

In "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," what does the speaker compare the daffodils to?

  1. Stars

  2. Butterflies

  3. Angels

  4. Waves


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

In the poem, the speaker describes the daffodils as "a host, of golden daffodils; / Beside the lake, beneath the trees, / Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

Who wrote the poem "The Waste Land"?

  1. T.S. Eliot

  2. Ezra Pound

  3. William Carlos Williams

  4. Wallace Stevens


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" is a complex and challenging modernist poem that explores themes of fragmentation, alienation, and spiritual emptiness.

Which poet wrote the famous lyric poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?

  1. John Keats

  2. William Wordsworth

  3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a meditation on the beauty and permanence of art, contrasting it with the transience of human life.

In "The Raven," what does the speaker repeatedly say?

  1. Nevermore

  2. Quoth the raven

  3. Lenore

  4. Darkness


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The speaker in "The Raven" repeatedly says the word "nevermore," which becomes a haunting refrain throughout the poem.

Who wrote the poem "The Second Coming"?

  1. William Butler Yeats

  2. T.S. Eliot

  3. Ezra Pound

  4. Wallace Stevens


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

William Butler Yeats's poem "The Second Coming" is a powerful and prophetic vision of the end of the world and the coming of a new age.

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