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Blank Verse in Yeats's Poems

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What is the name of the poem in which Yeats first used blank verse?

  1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

  2. The Second Coming

  3. The Wind Among the Reeds

  4. The Tower


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Yeats first used blank verse in his poem "The Lake Isle of Innisfree".

Which of the following poems is NOT written in blank verse?

  1. The Second Coming

  2. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

  3. The Wind Among the Reeds

  4. Sailing to Byzantium


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Sailing to Byzantium is written in a form called terza rima, not blank verse.

What is the rhyme scheme of blank verse?

  1. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

  2. AABB CCDD EEFF GG

  3. ABCB DEFE GHIG JK

  4. No rhyme scheme


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Blank verse does not have a rhyme scheme.

What is the meter of blank verse?

  1. Iambic pentameter

  2. Trochaic octameter

  3. Anapestic tetrameter

  4. Spondaic hexameter


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Blank verse is typically written in iambic pentameter.

What is the purpose of using blank verse in poetry?

  1. To create a more formal tone

  2. To make the poem more accessible to readers

  3. To add a sense of drama and suspense

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Blank verse can be used to create a more formal tone, make the poem more accessible to readers, and add a sense of drama and suspense.

Which of the following lines from Yeats's poem "The Second Coming" is an example of blank verse?

  1. Turning and turning in the widening gyre

  2. The falcon cannot hear the falconer

  3. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold

  4. Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The line "Turning and turning in the widening gyre" is an example of blank verse because it is written in iambic pentameter and does not have a rhyme scheme.

What is the significance of the use of blank verse in Yeats's poem "The Second Coming"?

  1. It creates a sense of foreboding and doom

  2. It emphasizes the poem's prophetic tone

  3. It makes the poem more accessible to readers

  4. It adds a sense of drama and suspense


Correct Option:
Explanation:

The use of blank verse in Yeats's poem "The Second Coming" creates a sense of foreboding and doom, emphasizes the poem's prophetic tone, makes the poem more accessible to readers, and adds a sense of drama and suspense.

Which of the following poems by Yeats is NOT written in blank verse?

  1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

  2. The Wind Among the Reeds

  3. The Second Coming

  4. The Tower


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Wind Among the Reeds is written in a variety of forms, including blank verse, but it is not entirely written in blank verse.

What is the name of the poem in which Yeats uses blank verse to explore the themes of love and loss?

  1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

  2. The Second Coming

  3. The Wind Among the Reeds

  4. The Tower


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yeats uses blank verse to explore the themes of love and loss in his poem "The Tower".

Which of the following lines from Yeats's poem "The Tower" is an example of blank verse?

  1. And I have come to the tower in the empty fields

  2. Whereon a woman stands and gazes

  3. And amid all this in the room below

  4. There was a cry that pierced the heart


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The line "And I have come to the tower in the empty fields" is an example of blank verse because it is written in iambic pentameter and does not have a rhyme scheme.

What is the significance of the use of blank verse in Yeats's poem "The Tower"?

  1. It creates a sense of distance and detachment

  2. It emphasizes the poem's meditative tone

  3. It makes the poem more accessible to readers

  4. It adds a sense of drama and suspense


Correct Option:
Explanation:

The use of blank verse in Yeats's poem "The Tower" creates a sense of distance and detachment, emphasizes the poem's meditative tone, makes the poem more accessible to readers, and adds a sense of drama and suspense.

Which of the following poems by Yeats is NOT written in blank verse?

  1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

  2. The Wind Among the Reeds

  3. The Second Coming

  4. The Tower


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The Wind Among the Reeds is written in a variety of forms, including blank verse, but it is not entirely written in blank verse.

What is the name of the poem in which Yeats uses blank verse to explore the themes of time and mortality?

  1. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

  2. The Second Coming

  3. The Wind Among the Reeds

  4. The Tower


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Yeats uses blank verse to explore the themes of time and mortality in his poem "The Tower".

Which of the following lines from Yeats's poem "The Tower" is an example of blank verse?

  1. And I have come to the tower in the empty fields

  2. Whereon a woman stands and gazes

  3. And amid all this in the room below

  4. There was a cry that pierced the heart


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The line "And I have come to the tower in the empty fields" is an example of blank verse because it is written in iambic pentameter and does not have a rhyme scheme.

What is the significance of the use of blank verse in Yeats's poem "The Tower"?

  1. It creates a sense of distance and detachment

  2. It emphasizes the poem's meditative tone

  3. It makes the poem more accessible to readers

  4. It adds a sense of drama and suspense


Correct Option:
Explanation:

The use of blank verse in Yeats's poem "The Tower" creates a sense of distance and detachment, emphasizes the poem's meditative tone, makes the poem more accessible to readers, and adds a sense of drama and suspense.

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