Poetry, Drama qustions
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Final Examination ecember 2022
Instructor: Matt Burleson
Poetry #hoose three of the following and respond thoroughly:
1. In one of the following poems, identify the central symbol and explain its significance to
your interpretation of the poem: Dover Beach (846), Acquainted with the Night (889),
Mending Wall (1095), The Negro Speaks of Rivers (1219).
2. Describe the imagery in one of the following poems and explain how it contributes to your
understanding of the poemàmeaning: Root Cellar (845), The Haunted Palace (891), My
mistress%yes are nothing like the sun (976), Harlem (1224).
3. In one of the following poems, discuss the poetàuse of irony and how it helps you interpret
the poem: you fit into me (867), Richard Cory (893), Water, is taught by thirst (1048),
Because I could not stop for Death(1062).
4. Using at least three of the literary tools we discussed this semester, explicate one of the
following poems: In the Suburbs (830), Latin Night at the Pawnshop (811), Marks (883),
When I Heard the Learn Astronomer (1372).
5. Describe the form (structure/mechanics) and how it carries the meaning of one of the
following poems: To His Coy Mistress (814), Alzheimerà(1007), The Road Not Taken
(1091), After Apple Picking (1101).
Drama #hoose one of the following and discuss:
1. Which of the three tragic heroes we studiedådipus (1442), Hamlet (1603), and Krapp¤id you identify with the most? Making specific references to the text, explain why and what
you can learn from him.
2. Explore the theme of one of the following plays, explaining how the playwright creates that
theme: Trifles (1386), KrappàLast Tape.
Bonus
1. What did you dislike/like most about the way this class is conducted? (2 points)
2. What does your instructor believe is the most important purpose of poetry? (2 points)
3. Identify the predominant meter in the following selection (4 points):
For this test, I wrote verse in my favorite meter
That Google won know, so you can be a cheater.
Itàeasy to look up the meter online
Of a popular verseï you, have to scan mine.
To begin, whatàthe rhythm? Iambic? Trochaic?
Perhaps anapestic? Dactylic? Spondaic?
The second part figures the number of feet.
Coupling that with the rhythm produces a beat
Like iambic pentameter/etryàdietut thatànot the answer, so don even try it.
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