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GRE in Literature - Poetry
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Literature
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08/23/2008

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Who are the three principal characters in Shakespeare's sonnets?
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the young man, the so-called dark lady, and the rival poet
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How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?

 

And what mythological character are the last two about? 

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154

 

Cupid 

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George Herbet, Richard Crashaw, Henry Vaughan, Abraham Crowley are known as  ________ poets.
Definition
metaphysical (along with Donne)
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In the line "Cruel and sudden, hast thou since / Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?" Donne is comparing his beloved to whom?

 

What poem is this line from? 

Definition

biblical king Herod

 

"The Flea" 

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In Donne's day, the word heart was slang for what?
Definition
vagina
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In Donne's day, the word labor was slang for what?
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having sex
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The walled-off city is often, especially in the Renaissance, a symbol of what?
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women's genitalia
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_________ was the 1st English poet who was able to live entirely off the sales of his poetry.
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Pope
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Many members of the Scriblerus Club were members of what political party?
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Queen Anne's Tory government (lost power when the Whig Party came to power)
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Who was Martinus Scriblerus?
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An absurd, pedantic character the Scriblerus Club creates together as a satire of false learning and bad taste.
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The ___________ is a model which holds that each creature in the universe works (consciously or unconsciously) for the benefit of all others. The harmonious blend of the different creatures' unique talents and abilities creates a world that is in accordance with God's divine plan, a philosophy thoroughly explored in An Essay on Man.
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Great Chain of Being
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In The Rape of the Lock, the china jar symbolizes what?
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a young woman's virginity
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What is the name of the real-life Belinda (from Pope's Rape of the Lock)?
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Arabella Fermor
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[T]he event took place between two prominent Catholic families in the poet's social circle. Another member of the circle asked the poet to write a light poem that would put the episode into a humorous perspective and reconcile the two families. What poem and poet is this describing?
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Pope's Rape of the Lock
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In Pope's day, dying was slang for what?
Definition
orgasm
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This poet's first book, Poetical Sketches, explicitly critiqued not only contemporary verse for 'abandoning' the poetry of his precursors, such as Edmund Spenser, but also British imperialism.
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Blake
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 ____________, published in 1793, is a long poem condemning sexual violence and rape, partly in supportive response to Wollstonecraft. It mostly consists of monologues of the three main characters, including a concluding speech by Oothoon in which she extols the benefits of sexual freedom.
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Blake's Visions of the Daughters of Albion
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In _______________, the poet's most ironic poem, he pretends to praise traditional Chrisitan concepts of good, evil, and morality. 
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Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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_________ means whiteness and was used by ancient Greek and Roman writers as another name for England. Sometimes Blake employs this character as a representation of the oppressive nature of the British government and sometimes as an embodiment of the British people, who willingly accept the oppressive policies. In Jerusalem, he personifies the biblical Jews.
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Albion
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 What poem tells the story of young Tom Darce, an unhappy chimney sweeper who is visited by an angel as he sleeps. Upon awakening, he feels contented by his nocturnal vision of the resurrection and Eden and read to hace his difficult work because his faith shrouds and protects him?
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Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper"
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What poem is the following describing?

 

It is a hymnlike poem of five stanzas, explicating the four virtues of humanity: Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love. These four virtues are the embodiment of God, manifested by humans in their faces, hearts, and bodies when they live within these virtues. The final stanza concludes by stating that all humans, regardless of race or religion, carry God within themselves.

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Blake's "The Divine Image"
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Which of Blake's books is "The Tyger" from?
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Songs of Experience
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This long autobiographical poem has 14 books. With the author as the protagonist, the poem describes the spiritual and intellectual development of his mind from childhood to adulthood. The poem examines key experiences, focusing on the workings of memory and the impact of the imagination on nature.
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Wordsworth's The Prelude
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Who wrote "The Lucy Poems"
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Wordsworth
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