Edgar Allan Poe has often been considered as the father of the modern （）. A.short storyB.novelC.poetryD.prose正确答案：short story

In the sixth stanza of Bryant's To a Waterfowl, soon is repeated three times at the beginning of the lines. Here （）is used to lay emphasis on the idea that the waterfowl's long, tired journey is coming near. A.anaphoraB.alliterationC.assonanceD.allusion正确答案：anaphora

The rhyme scheme of To a Waterfowl is （）. A.ababB.abcbC.abbaD.aabb正确答案：abab

To a Waterfowl is a lyric of （）meditation. A.religiousB.BuddhistC.YogaD.Transcendental正确答案：religious

Bryant's greatest poem is （）in which he developed a view of death representing a sharp break from the Puritan attitude toward man's final destiny. A.ThanatopsisB.To a WaterfowlC.The EmbargoD.I died for Beauty正确答案：Thanatopsis

William Cullen Bryant is famous as the first American （）poet of distinction. A.lyricB.narrativeC.dramaticD.folk正确答案：lyric

Home-Thoughts from Abroad reveals the poet's （）sentiment while he was staying abroad. A.nostalgicB.revolutionaryC.romanticD.realistic正确答案：nostalgic

The word “hark” attracts our special attention to the （）images in Browning's Home-Thought from Abraod, together with the repetition of the word “sings”, one in each stanza. A.auralB.visualC.guatatoryD.olfactory正确答案：aural

Robert Browning is thought to be the most important （）poet after Tennyson. A.VictorianB.RomanticC.ElizabethanD.Revolutionary正确答案：Victorian

Robert Browning achieved his greatest success in the poetic form — the　（）. A.dramatic monologueB.sonnetC.blank verseD.odeE.heroic couplet正确答案：dramatic monologue

Which of the following is William Butler Yeats’s poem？ A.Swan SongB.The Wild Swan at CooleC.To the CuckooD.Ode to a Nightingale正确答案：The Wild Swan at Coole

Alfred Tennyson’s poetic output was vast and varied. His （）is a collection of elegies for the death of his friend Hallam. A.The PrincessB.MaudC.In MemoriamD.Idylls of the King正确答案：In Memoriam