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Who does Dylan Thomas describe as “broken and blind” Question 1 - 100 Who does Dylan Thomas describe as “broken and blind”

Answer 1 – 100 His dying father

This poet wrote “I cannot live with You” Question 1 - 200 This poet wrote “I cannot live with You”

Answer 1 – 200 Emily Dickinson

Personification is an example of what aspect of poetry? Question 1 - 300 Personification is an example of what aspect of poetry?

Answer 1 – 300 Figurative language

What country was Yeats describing in his poem, “The Fisherman”? Question 1 - 400 What country was Yeats describing in his poem, “The Fisherman”?

Answer 1 – 400 Ireland

Poet Walt Whitman is mentioned in what other poem read in class? Question 1 - 500 Poet Walt Whitman is mentioned in what other poem read in class?

Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California” Answer 1 – 500 Allen Ginsberg’s “A Supermarket in California”

What war did Walt Whitman write extensively about? Question 2 - 100 What war did Walt Whitman write extensively about?

Answer 2 – 100 The Civil War

In “Masters of War,” who is Bob Dylan attacking? Question 2 - 200 In “Masters of War,” who is Bob Dylan attacking?

Government and political leaders Answer 2 – 200 Government and political leaders

Question 2 - 300 When Dylan writes: “Like Judas of old you lie and deceive” he is using what literary devive?

Allusion (reference to something well-known) Answer 2 – 300 Allusion (reference to something well-known)

Question 2 - 400 What does Charles Bukowski refer to when he writes: “I’m too tough for him.”?

Bluebird in his heart (happiness) Answer 2 – 400 Bluebird in his heart (happiness)

Charles Bukowski spent most of his life in what city? Question 2 - 500 Charles Bukowski spent most of his life in what city?

Answer 2 – 500 Los Angeles

Question 3 - 100 What is Allen Ginsberg commenting on in “A Supermarket in California.”?

Answer 3 – 100 1950s America

Question 3 - 200 French poet Charles Baudelaire was writing about what when he wrote: “I’ll plunge my head, enamored of its pleasure, in this black ocean..”?

Answer 3 – 200 A woman’s hair

What kind of rhyme pattern does a “blank verse” poem have? Question 3 - 300 What kind of rhyme pattern does a “blank verse” poem have?

Answer 3 – 300 None

Question 3 - 400 Langston Hughes’ poem about the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is actually about what?

The struggles of poor people Answer 3 – 400 The struggles of poor people

Langston Hughes was a key member of what literary movement? Question 3 - 500 Langston Hughes was a key member of what literary movement?

The Harlem Renaissance Answer 3 – 500 The Harlem Renaissance

Question 4 - 100 In Joni Mitchell’s poem “The Same Situation,” what is the situation she writes of?

A woman waiting for the right man. Answer 4 – 100 A woman waiting for the right man.

What poet was an actress before she started writing? Question 4 - 200 What poet was an actress before she started writing?

Answer 4 – 200 Maya Angelou

In “Phenomenal Woman,” Angelou describes who? Question 4 - 300 In “Phenomenal Woman,” Angelou describes who?

Answer 4 – 300 Herself

In what poem are characters in a painting described? Question 4 - 400 In what poem are characters in a painting described?

John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn” Answer 4 – 400 John Keats’ “Ode on a Grecian Urn”

What poet is also known as the father of the crime novel? Question 4 - 500 What poet is also known as the father of the crime novel?

Answer 4 – 500 Edgar Allan Poe

In “The Village Street,” Poe remembers what? Question 5 - 100 In “The Village Street,” Poe remembers what?

Answer 5 – 100 His lost love

Question 5 - 200 Why does the woman in Elizabeth Browning’s poem “trembles her fan in a sweetness dumb…”?

She trying to attract a man Answer 5 – 200 She trying to attract a man

What poet was among a group of writers called “the beats”? Question 5 - 300 What poet was among a group of writers called “the beats”?

Answer 5 – 300 Allen Ginsberg

Which poet recited her poem at the inauguration of Barack Obama? Question 5 - 400 Which poet recited her poem at the inauguration of Barack Obama?

Answer 5 – 400 Maya Angelou

Question 5 - 500 Which poet died at the age of 25, but is one of the most famous in English literature.

Answer 5 – 500 John Keats