Collected Poems Test | Final Test - Hard

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Collected Poems Test | Final Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the woman's eyes in "The Imbecile?"

2. Where does the speaker search for a man in "Elegy in April and September?"

3. What fairy tale is a reworking of Blunden's favorite of Owen's early works?

4. What does the speaker imagine in "The One Remains?"

5. What does the speaker compare people to in "O World of many Worlds?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker compare people to in "O World of many Worlds?" What does he compare himself to?

2. Compare and contrast "The Fates" with "This is the Track."

3. Why is Heracles unable to defeat Antaeus in "Antaeus: A Fragment?"

4. Why doesn't the speaker grow old in "To the Bitter Sweet-heart: a Dream?" What does this imply?

5. Why would Owen rather be remembered as a soldier than a poet in "To My Friend: (With an Identity Disk)?"

6. According to the first appendix in Collected Poems, why were many of Owen's poems destroyed?

7. Into what two phases does Blunden divide Owen's life as a poet? What do these titles mean?

8. Who might the man be that the speaker is going to meet in "The Promisers?" What does it mean that the speaker never meets him?

9. Give at least four references to the afterlife in "To a Comrade in Flanders."

10. What is the purpose of "Winter Song?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Owen's use of light and dark in contrast in the poems "The Sentry" and "Conscious."

Essay Topic 2

What role does escapism play in Owen's poetry? Use at least one example of an escapist poem from Owen's work to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Who is Edmund Blunden? What role did he play in Owen's literary career?

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