Introduction to Poetry Special Brief Suggestion

Introduction to Poetry Special Brief Suggestion

1. What is a sonnet?

Ans: A sonnet is a 14-line poetic form which is written traditionally in iambic pentameter, with various rhyme schemes, and expresses deep emotions.

2. What does Shakespeare praise in Sonnet 18?

Ans: The beauty of his loving friend.

3. How is a day in summer in Britain?

Ans: Bright, Charming and Comfortable.

4. What does the poet mean by the phrase “Summer’s lease”?

Ans: Duration of summer.

5. What kind of poem is a sonnet?

Ans: It is a type of lyric poem.

6. What is the theme of Sonnet 18?

Ans: Permanence of youth and beauty. 

7. What is meant by the phrase “eternal lines”?

Ans: The lines of this sonnet which will make the poet’s friend alive forever.

8. What is the rhyme scheme of the Shakespearean sonnet?

Ans: AB AB CD CD EF EF GG.

9. What does the poet mean by light?

Ans: His eyesight.

10. How can one serve God best?

Ans:  One can serve God best by bearing His mild yoke.

11. What is patience?

Ans: The poet’s conscience that answers many questions.

12. What figure of speech is used in the line “Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest.”

Ans: Synecdoche.

13. Who first coined the phrase “metaphysical poetry”?

Ans: Samuel Johnson.

14. What is metaphysical poetry?

Ans: Metaphysical poetry explores complex themes, using unconventional metaphors and intellectual wit to reflect existence, love, and spirituality.

15. Of what is the world of lovers made up?

Ans: The world of lovers is made up of the lover and his beloved.

16. What is a hemisphere?

Ans: A hemisphere is half of a sphere divided by an imaginary plane.

17. What is platonic love?

Ans: Platonic love surpasses friendship without romantic or sexual elements, offering deeper emotional connections and understanding.

18. What does the phrase “good morrow” mean?

Ans: Good Morning.

19. What are the cavalier poets?

Ans: The Cavalier poets were 17th-century English writers known for their lyrical verse, wit, loyalty to the king, and love themes.

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20. What is a daffodil?

Ans: A yellow and bell-shaped flower with a long branch that is commonly seen in the spring.

21. What is a symbol?

Ans: A symbol represents an idea, concept, or quality, often conveying meaning beyond its literal form.

22. What is the message of the poem “To Daffodils”?

Ans: Human life is short and transient.

23. What does Herrick mean by “short spring”? 

Ans: Short duration of youth.

24. What does the title of the poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” suggest?

Ans: The title “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” suggests a reflective poem mourning in a rural setting.

25. What does ‘parting day’ refer to?

Ans: ‘Parting day’ refers to the day’s end, such as dusk, twilight, or the dying day.

26. What is ivy?

Ans: Ivy is a climbing plant having glossy evergreen leaves.

27. What does ‘the boast of heraldry’ refer to?

Ans: The boastfulness of the upper class regarding their aristocratic as well as their snobby attitude about having power.

28. What is an epitaph’?

Ans: An epitaph is an inscription on a tomb.

29. What is Romanticism?

Ans: Romanticism is a literary movement in art, music and literature against the traditional rules of classical literature.

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30. Who are the Lake poets?

Ans: Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey are called Lake poets.

31. What is the alternative title of the poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”?

Ans: The alternative title of the poem is Daffodils.

32. What is a simile?

Ans: A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, using “like” or “as.”

33. What is personification?

Ans: Personification is a figure in which lifeless objects or ideas are given the personality of a living being.

34.  “I wandered lonely as a cloud” – What kind of figure of speech do you find here?

Ans: Simile.

35. Why was Shelley expelled from Oxford University? 

Ans: For publishing a pamphlet entitled The Necessity of Atheism (1811).

36. Who is Meanad?

Ans: In Greek mythology, maenads were the female followers of Dionysus and the most significant members of the thiasus, the god’s retinue.

37. When was Shelley free and uncontrollable?

Ans: In his youth.

38. What is a rhetorical question?

Ans: A rhetorical question is a statement phrased as a question, not expecting an answer, used for emphasis or persuasion.

39. What are the twofold functions of the West Wind?

Ans: To destroy and to preserve.

40. Who is the most romantic of all the romantics?

Ans: John Keats.

41. Who is the intimate friend of the Sun?

Ans: Autumn is called the intimate friend of the Sun.

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42. What is sensuousness?

Ans: Sensuousness is arousing or gratifying the senses, often associated with pleasure and beauty.

43. What is negative capability?

Ans: Negative capability is a phrase coined by John Keats to describe the poet’s ability to live with uncertainty and mystery.

44. Who first used the expression ‘Negative capability’?

Ans: John Keats.

45. Who was “Ulysses”?

Ans: In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus, also known by the Latin name Ulysses, is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer’s epic poem, the Odyssey ( King of Ithaca).

46. Who was Achilles?

Ans: Achilles is the great hero in the Trojan War.

47. Who is Telemachus?

Ans: Telemachus is the son of Ulysses and Penelope.

48. Who is a patriot?

Ans: A patriot is a person who loves and defends his country.

49. What is ‘myrtle’?

Ans: ‘Myrtle’ is an evergreen shrub symbolizing victory.

50. What is a ‘scaffold’?

Ans: A scaffold’ is a raised platform on which someone is executed by hanging or beheading.

51. What is a pathetic fallacy?

Ans: Pathetic fallacy attributes human emotions to nature, ascribing feelings to inanimate objects or elements, reflecting emotional states in surroundings:

52. What is “Shamble’s Gate”?

Ans: The Shamble’s Gate is a place where public execution is done.

53. What is a dramatic monologue?

Ans: A dramatic monologue is a speech by a character expressing inner thoughts and emotions, revealing insights into their mind.

54. What is ‘irony’?

Ans: Irony is a literary device whose intended meaning differs from the literal, often creating humour or revealing contradictions.

55. What type of poem is “How Do I Love Thee?”

Ans: Sonnet in Iambic Pentameter: 

56. What is the subject of the sonnet How Do I Love Thee? 

Ans: Love.

57. What is “Leaves of Grass”?

Ans: “Leaves of Grass” is a collection of Whitman’s poems where the poem “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” was published.

58. Which river was the poet crossing?

Ans: The poet was crossing the East River.

59. What does ‘ferry’ symbolise in the “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” poem?

Ans: The ‘ferry’ symbolises the journey of a man across life.

60. What is a mystic poet?

Ans: A mystic poet explores spiritual experiences, seeking divine union and expressing transcendence through poetic language and imagery.

61. Who are the carriage riders in “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”?

Ans: The carriage riders are, and Immortality: Death, the poet herself.

62. When was Annie Butler Yeats born?

Ans: On February 26, 1919.

63. What kind of poem is “A Prayer for My Daughter”?

Ans: “A Prayer for My Daughter” is a deeply personal poem.

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64. What qualities does the poet want for his daughter? 

Ans: The poet wants his daughter not to be excessively beautiful, and she should have courtesy and self-gratification.

65. Who is Maud Gonne?

Ans: She is an Irish revolutionary and the beloved of Yeats.

66. Who is Lady Gregory?

Ans: Lady Augustus Gregory is a friend and patroniser of Yeats.

67. Who is Helen?

Ans: In Greek mythology, Helen is a beautiful woman whose abduction sparked the Trojan War in Iliad.

68. What does Yeats mean by ‘intellectual hatred??

Ans: By intellectual hatred’ Yeats means the worst kind of hatred.

69. What is New England?

Ans: New England is a region in the northeastern United States known for its rich history, diverse landscapes, and culture.

70. Why is Frost called the American Shelley?

Ans: Frost’s nature themes, lyricism, and innovation in American poetry paralleled Shelley’s romantic essence and poetic exploration of nature’s beauty.

71. Who is the heroine of the poem “Home Burial”? 

Ans: Amy

72. What type of poem is “Home Burial”? 

Ans: It is a dramatic dialogue:

73. What is the theme of the poem ” Home Burial”?

Ans: Death and Grief.

74. What does the word ‘vista’ suggest?

Ans: The word ‘vista’ means a detailed mental picture. Here, it suggests the poet’s vivid memory of the past years.

75. What is the meaning of the word ‘appassionato’?

Ans: ‘Appassionato’ in Italian means impassioned expression, reflecting intense emotion, both in music and poetry.

76. What is the full name of Dylan Thomas?

Ans: His full name is Dylan Marlais Thomas.

77. Why is Dylan Thomas called a womb-tomb poet?

Ans:  Dylan Thomas is called a womb-tomb poet because birth, copulation and death are the major themes of his poems.

78. What kind of poem is Fern Hill? 

Ans: Fern Hill is a lyrić poem.

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79. What is a pun?

Ans: Pun is a figure of speech in which the word of the same sound is used with different meanings.

80. What does Dylan Thomas glorify in Fern Hill?

Ans: Dylan Thomas glorifies childhood in Fern Hill.

81. What is Fern Hill?

Ans: It was the name of the farm of the poet’s aunt, Ann Jones.

82. What does Dylan Thomas mean by “tilting house”? 

Ans: The lilting house is a melodious house full of merry and sweet sounds.

83. What kind of poem is Pike? 

Ans: It is an animal poem.

84. Who is the “Zoo Laureate”?

Ans: Ted Hughes.

85. Where do the pikes live? 

Ans: The pikes live in rivers, lakes, ponds etc.

86. How long were the three pikes kept in the glass jar?

Ans: One of them was three inches long, another was four, and the other was four and a half inches long.

87. What kind of fish is a pike?

Ans: A pike is a kind of animal that kills other fish to satisfy its hunger. 

88. What is primitive energy?

Ans: Primitive energy refers to basic or elemental energy forms.

89. What is the depth of truth??

Ans: Honesty springs from the heart, guiding sincere individuals to speak truthfully from within their being.

90. What figure of speech has been used in the phrase “clear stream of reason’?

Ans: Metaphor.

91. How can habits be dead?

Ans: The Poet symbolizes habits as deceased, outdated customs and prejudices.

92. What figure of speech has been used in the phrase “clock of my life?

Ans: Metaphor.

93. What is that ‘dark mop of cloud’?

Ans: Winter pneumonia, a metaphor, is depicted as a dark mop of clouds, symbolizing its ominous nature.

94. What does the poet mean by the stopping of the clock of life?

Ans: The halted clock symbolizes profound grief for his sister’s death.

95. How can a day be tasteless?

Ans: The poet describes his dull days, tainted by unbearable grief and loss after his sister’s death.

96. When did the clock of the poet’s life begin to tick again?

Ans: The clock of the poet’s life began to tick again when a joke burst from his lips.

97. How did the poet realize that he had learned grief?

Ans: The poet learned grief, finding laughter after a prolonged somberness.

98. How did the speaker’s sister in the poem, ‘Learning Grief, die?

Ans: In the poem ‘Learning Grief”, the speaker’s sister died from winter pneumonia.

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99. What is a figure of speech?

Ans: A figure of speech is a linguistic device using words in a non-literal or imaginative way for emphasis.

100. What is a blank verse?

Ans: Blank verse is unrhymed poetry with a consistent meter, often iambic pentameter, providing natural rhythmic flow in literature.

101. Define a ballad. Or, How do you define a ballad?

Ans: A ballad is a narrative poem with verses often focusing on folklore, love, or adventures, conveyed with musical rhythm.

102. What is rhythm?

Ans: Rhythm is the pattern of beats, sounds, or stresses in language, music, or movement, creating a harmonious flow.

103. What is rhyme?

Ans: Rhyme is a poetic device where words have similar sounds, typically at the end of lines, creating harmony and cohesion.