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Final: Poetry Quiz Flashcards

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Which poem was published in 1981? Who was the poet?

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Home-Baked Bread by Sally Croft

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Which poem was published in 1867? Who was the poet?

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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

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Which poem was published in 1864? Who was the poet?

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I Felt a Cleaving in my Mind by Emily Dickinson

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Which poem was published in 1923? Who was the poet?

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Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost

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Which poems were published in 1609? Who was the poet?

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My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun and Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? by William Shakespeare

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Which poem was published in 1681? Who was the poet?

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To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell

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Which poem was published in 1924? Who was the poet?

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The Thought Beneath so Slight a Film by Emily Dickinson

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Which poem was published in 1983? Who was the poet?

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White Porch by Cathy Song

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Which poem was published in 2005? Who was the poet?

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Marvell Noir by Ann Lauinger

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Which poem was published in 1948? Who was the poet?

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Root Cellar by Theodore Roethke

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Which poem was published in 1945? Who was the poet?

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Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas

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Which poem was published in 1940? Who was the poet?

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My Papa’s Waltz by Theodore Roethke

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Which poems were published in 1926? Who were the poets?

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Lenox Avenue: Midnight by Langston Hughes and Since Feeling is First by E. E. Cummings

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Which poem was published in 1952? Who was the poet?

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Teodoro Luna’s Two Kisses by Alberto Rios

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Which poem was published in 1997? Who was the poet?

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Play-by-Play by Joan Murray

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Complete the following sentence…

Li Ho wrote the poem _____.

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A Beautiful Girl Combs Her Hair

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Complete the following sentence…

Langston Hughes wrote ____.

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Lenox Avenue: Midnight

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Complete the following sentence…

William Shakespeare’s famous poems include ____ and ____.

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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day; My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun

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Complete the following sentence…

Theodore Roethke wrote the two poems ____ and ____.

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My Papa’s Waltz; Root Cellar

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Complete the following sentence…

Joan Murray’s poem, which is titled ____, is about women watching male baseball players and the comparison of how women would react to being watched vs. men’s reactions to being watched.

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Play-by-Play

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Complete the following sentence…

Emily Dickinson wrote ___ and ___.

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I Felt a Cleaving in my Mind; The Thought Beneath so Slight a Film

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Complete the following sentence…

Andrew Marvell’s ___ and Ann Lauinger’s ___ are related to each other. They’re both carpe diem poems, and Lauinger’s poem is a response to Marvell’s.

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To His Coy Mistress; Marvell Noir

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Complete the following sentence…

Robert Frost wrote the poem ___.

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Nothing Gold Can Stay

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Complete the following sentence…

Home-Baked Bread was written by ____.

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Sally Croft

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Complete the following sentence…

The White Porch was written by ____.

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Cathy Song

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Complete the following sentence…

Teodoro Luna’s Two Kisses was written by ____.

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Alberto Rios

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Complete the following sentence…

Fern Hill was written by ____.

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Dylan Thomas

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True or false?

The White Porch’s theme is about physical abuse.

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False. It is about a woman who reminisces about the days she and her husband had a secretive relationship. The themes revolve around sex, secrets, and seduction.

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True or false?

Ann Lauinger’s poem is about a man who warns his lover to stop playing hard-to-get; Andrew Marvell’s poem is about a man who tries to encourage his lover to have sex with him.

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True.

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True or false?

My Papa’s Waltz is about youth, and the way time is pulling the narrator back into adulthood.

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False. That theme is from Fern Hill.

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True or false?

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day compares nature to a person’s beauty.

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True.

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True or false?

Alberto Rios’ poem is about a married couple who shares secretive love gestures.

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True.

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True or false?

Since Feeling is First is a carpe diem poem that revolves around seduction.

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True.

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True or false?

Li Ho’s poem is about jealousy.

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True.

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True or false?

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day and My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun were published in 1608.

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False. They were published in 1609.

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True or false?

Nothing Gold Can Stay has a theme that revolves around the idea of “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

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False. That theme comes from My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun.

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True or false?

My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun has a theme that revolves around “nothing good ever lasts.”

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False. That theme comes from Nothing Gold Can Stay.

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Dover Beach, written by ____, is about…

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Matthew Arnold; his religion is fading

39
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Name the poet and year:

I Felt a Cleaving in my Mind

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Emily Dickinson, 1864

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Name the poet and year:

To His Coy Mistress

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Andrew Marvell, 1681

40
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Name the poet and year:

Fern Hill

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Dylan Thomas, 1945

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Name the poet and year:

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day

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William Shakespeare, 1609

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Name the poet and year:

A Beautiful Girl Combs Her Hair

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Li Ho, 1965

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Name the poet and year:

Teodoro Luna’s Two Kisses

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Alberto Rios, 1952

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Name the poet and year:

Home-Baked Bread

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Sally Croft, 1981

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Name the poet and year:

Marvell Noir

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Ann Lauinger, 2005

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Name the poet and year:

The Thought Beneath so Slight a Film

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Emily Dickinson, 1924

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Name the poet and year:

My Papa’s Waltz

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Theodore Roethke, 1940

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Name the poet and year:

White Porch

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Cathy Song, 1983

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Name the poet and year:

Nothing Gold Can Stay

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Robert Frost, 1923

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Name the poet and year:

Root Cellar

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Theodore Roethke, 1948

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Name the poet and year:

Play-by-Play

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Joan Murray, 1997

52
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Name the poet and year:

Since Feeling is First

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E. E. Cummings, 1926

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Name the poet and year:

My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun

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William Shakespeare, 1609

54
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Name the poet and year:

Dover Beach

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Matthew Arnold, 1867

55
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Name the poet and year:

Lenox Avenue: Midnight

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Langston Hughes, 1926

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