Walt Whitman chooses __________ as a poetical form to express his ideas freely and powerfully.
A. blank verse
B. free verse
C. ode
D. dramatic monologue
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________ is considered as the father of American modern poetry.
A. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
B. Edgar Allan Poe
C. Walt Whitman
D. Emily Dickinson
In Whitman's poem "O Captain! My Captain!" , in the first line "our fearful trip is done", what does the trip refer to?
A. The fighting of American people for independence.
B. The Civil War, in which people in American fight for equality, democracy and the liberation of slaves.
C. The journey they made when escaping Britain.
D. A great deed they fulfilled as winning over the south of America and reunited the country together.
In the poem "To Make a Prairie" by Emily Dickinson, the poet seems to tell readers ____________ is very important.
A. foresight
B. imagination
C. revery
D. communication
Emily Dickinson's poetry is unique and unconventional in the following ways:
A. There is no title for her poems
B. She often uses dashes in her poems as a musical device and capital letters as a means of emphasis.
C. Her poems are often short and meditative with a single image or symbol.
D. Her poetry covers a lot of subjects and her favorite ones are those of love, death and nature.