Which writer who described his poetic style as objectivist aimed to bring an almost photographic clarity to his work with concrete images?
Answer(s): A
William Carlos Williams wrote poems with very strong visual images that were in part inspired by the photographs he viewed at the Stieglitz salon in New York.
For I have known them all already, known them all: – Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room.So how should I presume?And I have known the eyes already, known them all – The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?And how should I presume?The mood of the passage above is best described as
The narrator of the poem is regretful for a wasted life “measured out in coffee spoons.” However, he cannot act and is resigned to his fate.
For I have known them all already, known them all: – Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room.So how should I presume?And I have known the eyes already, known them all – The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?And how should I presume?What does the narrator mean when he says, “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons”? (Line 51)
Answer(s): C
The image of measuring out life in coffee spoons symbolizes the narrator’s narrow and ultimately meaningless life.
For I have known them all already, known them all: – Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room.So how should I presume?And I have known the eyes already, known them all – The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase, And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?And how should I presume?The imagery of lines 57-58 is borrowed from what hobby?
Answer(s): B
The narrator fears being examined and displayed like an insect in an insect collection.
Which modern poet wrote poetry while working as an insurance executive?
Determined that he would “never make a petty struggle for existence,” Wallace Stevens worked as an insurance executive while writing and publishing poetry.
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