課程名稱︰英詩選讀
課程性質︰外文系文化與文學專題 or 選修
課程教師︰高天恩
開課系所︰外文系
考試時間︰2005.01.14
試題 :
I. Fill each blank with correct information:
1. Round the cape of a sudden came the _____,
And the _____ looked over the mountain's rim:
And straight was a path of _____ for him,
And the need of a world of men for me.
This short poem, titled "Parting at Morning," was written by _____.
2. Thrush's eggs look little low _____, and _____
Through the echoing timber does rinse and wring
The _____, it strikes like lightnings to hear him sing:
These lines are quoted from _____ by _____.
3. I am important to her. She comes and goes.
Each morning it is her face the replaces the darkness.
In me she has _____ a young girl, and in me an old woman
Rises toward her day after day, like a terrible _____.
The speaker of these lines is a _____.
This poem was written by _____.
4. A hundred people call, though not one friend.
To parry a hundred doubts with nimble talk.
Her meanings lost in _____, she will walk.
Alone in _____ _____ to an end.
These lines are quoted from _____ by Ellen Kay.
The title alludes to the type of drama called _____.
5. Life the hound
_____
Comes at a bound
Either to _____ me
Or to befriend me.
6. Farewell, thou child of my _____ hand, and joy.
My sin was too much _____ of thee, loved boy.
These lines are quoted from "On My First Son" written by _____.
The term, "child of my ... hand" is a literal translation of
the Hebrew _____, the name given to the poet's son who died of
plague on his seventh birthday.
7. They cannot scare me with their _____ spaces
Between stars - on stars where no human race is.
I have it in me so much nearer home
To scare myself with my own _____ _____.
8. It moves us not. - Great God! I'd rather be
A _____ suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that wound make me less _____;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the _____;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed _____.
These lines are quoted from _____ by _____.
The word "It' here refers to _____.
9. But what she meets and what she fears
Are less than the downward _____,
Drawn slowly to the foamless _____
Of age, were she to lose him.
These lines are quoted from "Eros Turannos" by Edwin Arlington Robinson.
The Greek title may be translated "_____."
10. My long two-pointed _____'s sticking through a tree
Toward _____ still,
And there's a _____ that I didn't feel
...
Were he not gone,
The _____ could say whether it's like his
Long _____, as I describe its coming on,
Or just some ______ _____.
11. The _____ must be somewhere in the center,
Horned as a _____, at one end square,
Set there immovable: an _____
Where he expends himself in _____ and _____.
These lines are quoted from _____ by _____.
The word "he" in the last line refers to _____.
II. Brief eaasy questions: choose any four from 1-7 and if you have enough
time, choose any of the questions you haven't answered.
1. In Carter Revard's "Discovery of the New World," who (or what) is the
speaker? Who (or what) is being addressed, and for what purpose?
In what ways does this poem read both like science fiction and like
a critique on some aspect of American history?
2. Discuss, in detail, the form and content of Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art."
3. Discuss the theme and imagery of Robert Frost's "After Apple-Picking."
How does the poet convey so vividly the experience of "apple-picking?"
How does the speaker regard his work? What significant role do you
think the images of dreaming and sleep play in this poem?
4. Discuss the theme and imagery of Henry Reed's "Naming of Parts."
Make sure you take into consideration who the speaker(s) is (are) in
the poem, what the situation is, and through what kind of language,
rhythm, and other techniques the poet effectively conveys his message
to the reader.
5. Discuss the form and content of Gerard Manley Hopkin's "Spring."
The speaker's first line makes an abstract statement.
How is this statement brought to carry conviction?
Why are Hopkin's lines unusually effective both in imagery and in syntex?
6. What kind of story does the narrative of "Eros Turannos" tell us?
The story is told from three distinct perspectives.
In as detailed a fashion as you can (quote or paraphrase relevant
words and passages whenever you deem necessary), determine the motives
of each of the three characters.
7. Can we say that Ellen Kay's "Pathedy of Manners" is a biographical
narrative summarizing the development of a young woman?
How does the speaker narrate this story with both comic and pathetic
implications? In your discussion, make sure you explore the multiple
denotations and connotations attached to quite a number of key words
in the poem.
8. Discuss ANY one poem or two or three poems we have studied in class
(but not covered by the above questions) in any way you like -- as
long as your discussion shows your familiarity with the text(s) as
well as your critical insights regarding the poem(s) under discussion.