CSET Practice Test On Poetry and Why Some People Pass and Some Do Not

8. Lived between 1859 and 1936. He was an English poet and classical scholar. His poems deal with deep pessimism and an obsession with death, with no place for the consolations of religion. In 1933 he gave a lecture entitled The Name and Nature of Poetry, in which he argued that poetry should appeal to emotions rather than intellect. He is best known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad. He wrote one of the most famous poems ever written entitled To an Athelete Dying Young.

A. Dante

B. Carl Sandburg

C. Dylan Thomas

D. A.E. Housman

9. Lived between 1812 and 1888. He was an artist, illustrator, and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks. His famous poems include: The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, The Broom – the Shovel – the Poker and the Tongs, and The Duck and the Kangaroo.

A. Gwendolyn Brooks

B. Robert Frost

C. Edward Lear

D. Emily Dickinson

10. Lived between 1821 and 1867. He was one of the most influential French poets of the nineteenth century. He was a Symbolist poet who was fascinated by the darker side of nature during the Romantic era. Like Poe, he examined nature’s less beautiful aspects such as death, decay, and carrion. He was named cursed poet and imprisoned at one point for contributing to societies immorality. He is best known for his book of poetry entitled Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil).

A. Dante

B. Charles Pierre Baudelaire

C. Dylan Thomas

D. A.E. Housman