Poetry Analysis
GCE Literature in English

12 Poetry Analysis practice questions covering everything you need for GCE.

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Sample Poetry Analysis questions

Q12024· MEDIUM

Read the poem below carefully and answer the questions that follow. The Eagle He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ring'd with the azure world, he stands. The wri…

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Q22022· HARD

Read the poem below carefully and answer the questions that follow. The Road Not Taken (Extract) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I sto…

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Q32021· EASY

Which of the following best describes the mood of a poem that contains these lines: 'I have no tears left to weep, / No voice to call, no will to speak'?

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Q42024· MEDIUM

Consider the lines: 'The sun is a golden coin / Tossed by the gods across the sky.' These lines are an example of

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Q52020· EASY

In poetry, a group of lines forming a unit within a poem is called a

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Q62020· MEDIUM

Read the following extract: 'O Death, where is thy sting? / O Grave, where is thy victory?' The poet is addressing

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Q72023· EASY

Read the following lines: 'The harmattan comes with its dusty breath, / Choking the land in a shroud of grey.' The figure of speech used in 'dusty breath' is

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Q82020· MEDIUM

A poem in which the first letter of each line, read downward, spells out a word or message is called

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Q92022· HARD

Read the following lines carefully: 'His words were honeyed lies, / Sweet on the tongue, poison to the soul.' The dominant literary device in these lines is

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Q102023· MEDIUM

In the analysis of a poem's rhyme scheme, the lines of the following stanza — 'The eagle soars above the hill (A) / And surveys the land below (B) / The rivers run against their will (A) / Through val…

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Q112022· EASY

The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of closely connected words, as in 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,' is known as

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Q122021· EASY

In the line 'The market women chattered like a flock of weaver birds,' the poet uses

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