“There was aware of her true love, at length come riding by” – This is a couplet from The Bailiff’s Daughter of Islington. What figure of speech is used by the poet?
A. Metaphor
B. Synecdoche
C. Euphemism
D. Irony
Which culture is known for their long, rhymic poetic verses known as Qasidas?
A. Hindu
B. Celtic
C. Arabic
D. Aramaic
Complete this Shakespearean line – ‘Let me not to the marriage of true minds bring’:
A. Impediments
B. Inconveniences
C. Worries
D. Troubles
Which of the following is a Japanese poetic form?
A. Jintishi
B. Villanelle
C. Ode
D. Tanka
What is the title of the poem that begins ‘What is this life, if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare’?
A. Comfort
B. Leisure
C. Relaxation
D. Tranquility
Which of the following is not an English poet (i.e., from England)?
A. Victor Hugo
B. Alexander Pope
C. John Milton
D. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Who was often called the Romantic Poet as most of his poems revolved around nature?
A. William Blake
B. William Shakespeare
C. William Morris
D. William Wordsworth
What is a funny poem of five lines called?
A. Quartet
B. Limerick
C. Sextet
D. Palindrome
How did W. H. Auden describe poetry?
A. An awful way to earn a living
B. A game of knowledge
C. The soul exposed
D. An explosion of language
Sassoon and Brooke wrote what kind of poetry?
A. Light verse
B. Romantic
C. Political satire
D. War poems