Literary Forms Elegy Quiz : 20 MCQs

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Literary Forms Elegy Quiz : 20 MCQs

Literary Forms Elegy Quiz : Elegy definition – According to Merriam Webster dictionary ‘an elegy is a song or poem expressing sorrow or lamentation especially for one who is dead’. It is a reflective and melancholic poetic form that laments the loss of someone or something significant, often having themes of mortality, grief, and remembrance. Traditionally, an elegy moves through three stages: an expression of sorrow, admiration for the subject, and eventual consolation or acceptance.

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Some Famous Elegies in English Literature

Elegy Writer
Lycidas John Milton
In Memoriam A.H.H. Alfred Lord Tennyson
In Memory of W. B. Yeats W. H. Auden
Adonais (An Elegy on the Death of John Keats) Percy Bysshe Shelley
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard Thomas Gray
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d Walt Whitman
Sonnet On the Death of Richard West Thomas Gray
O Captain! My Captain! Walt Whitman

Literary Forms Elegy Quiz

Now take the quiz to enhance your knowledge about elegy.

Welcome to Elegy Quiz

1. What is the primary subject of an elegy?

2. Which perspective is typically used in elegies?

3. What is the usual emotional tone of an elegy?

4. What is the term for the traditional stanza used in 18th-century English elegies?

5. What is a pastoral elegy?

6. What does the poet typically find in a pastoral elegy?

7. Which Roman poet is known for writing pastoral elegies?

8. Which famous elegy by Milton is an example of a pastoral elegy?

9. What does the poet usually seek through writing an elegy?

10. What poetic form is used in Wordsworth’s "Elegiac Stanzas"?

11. Which poet wrote "In Memoriam," often considered one of the most famous elegy?

12. How does "The Wanderer" differ from traditional elegies?

13. What is the defining meter of ancient elegiac couplets?

14. Which poet wrote the elegy "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d"?

15. Who is the deceased subject in Whitman’s "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d"?

16. Which 18th-century poet wrote the famous elegy "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"?

17. In the elegiac stanza, how many iambs are there per line?

18. What is a significant feature of the pastoral elegy "Lycidas"?

19. What is the tone at the conclusion of most elegies?

20. How did Romantic poets reinterpret the elegy?

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Girdhari Lal Suthar is a dedicated Senior Teacher in English and the founder of Gyankundli.com. With 1.9 years of blogging experience, he shares valuable content on English Grammar, Literature, Language, and Educational updates, helping aspirants, students and teachers stay informed and prepared.

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16 thoughts on “Literary Forms Elegy Quiz : 20 MCQs”

  1. Submit option hi nhi h aj ispr sir 😔😔

    Questions kafi ache h bt unka ans bhi milake dekh lete submit ho jate to

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