___________ is a very common rhythmic pattern in classical poetic lines, such as " Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
A. Iambic pentameter
B. Trochaic pentameter
C. Iambic tetrameter
D. Trochaic tetrameter
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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
________ 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