I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The mid eighteenth century

The early nineteenth century

The mid nineteenth century

The late eighteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?
They were laborers

They were barely literate

They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were from London
3 Who was Clare's first love?
Patty Turner

John Keats

Mary Joyce

Susan Smith
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

The Shepherd's Calendar

The Rural Muse

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?
He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown

His first book was highly successful, but then he faded into obscurity

His first book was a failure, but he gradually earned respect with his subsequent volumes

He never published his poetry during his life
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?
Helpston

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

High Beech asylum

London
7 Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of "I Am!"?
The instability of the individual

The evils of social isolation

The beauty of the countryside

The uncertainty of existence
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "I Am!"?
abababab

ababab

aabbcc

abcabc
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?
Free verse (no fixed meter)

Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Trochaic pentameter (five pairs of one stressed and then one unstressed syllable)

Iambic tetrameter (three pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)
10 How does Clare define the self in the first stanza of "I Am!"?
As dependent on the perception of other people

As entirely non-existent

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As the exclusive attribute of poets
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?
Odors

Mists

Specters

Ghosts
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?
Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

Into the living sea of waking dreams
13 What characteristic of the sea is MOST relevant to Clare's use of it as a symbol in stanza 2?
Its turbulence

Its capacity to drown him

Its vastness

Its lack of landmarks
14 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "esteems" in line 10?
Worships

Respects

Delusions

Goals
15 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "strange" in line 12?
Alien

Gross

Weird

Distant
16 What literary device does NOT appear in the second stanza?
Metaphor

Repetition

Parallelism

Simile
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?
Sleep

Death

A return to childhood

The apocalypse
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?
Existence without a sense of self

The speaker's feelings of woe

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

The destruction of the countryside
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?
I am the self-consumer of my woes

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?
Live

Grieve

Play

Pray
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?
Resentful and frustrated

Mournful and reflective

Overwhelmed and emotional

Cheerful and hopeful
22 How does the speaker see grief?
As an inevitable part of life

As something that makes him stronger

As something that brings him closer to God

As a problem
23 Which images in "I Am!' suggest impermanence?
Memory, vapours, the sea

Memory, the grass, vapours

The grass, the sea, vapours

Memory, vapours, dreams
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?
The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

The speaker entirely abandons hope

The speaker believes his life can improve

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem
25 In which line does Clare NOT use syntax to question the role of the individual?
I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

I am the self-consumer of my woes

There to abide with my Creator, God

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