Poetry 2nd chapter Song Of My Self
1. Walt Whitman is known as the poet of __________. a) War b) Democracy c) Love d) Death 👉 Answer: b) Democracy 2. The poem “Song of Myself” is taken from Whitman’s collection __________. a) Leaves of Grass b) Paradise Lost c) Divine Comedy d) Golden Treasury 👉 Answer: a) Leaves of Grass 3. “Song of Myself” was first published in the year ________. a) 1840 b) 1855 c) 1870 d) 1880 👉 Answer: b) 1855 4. Walt Whitman belongs to which country? a) England b) America c) France d) Germany 👉 Answer: b) America 5. Whitman is called the “Father of _________ Poetry.” a) Romantic b) Free Verse c) Classical d) Ballad 👉 Answer: b) Free Verse 6. “I celebrate myself, and sing myself” is the opening line of ________. a) O Captain! My Captain! b) Song of Myself c) The Solitary Reaper d) Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 👉 Answer: b) Song of Myself 7. Which quality of poetry is central in Whitman’s style? a) Simplicity b) Rhyme scheme c) Free rhythm and catalogues d) Sonnets 👉 Answer: c) Free rhythm and...