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 became estranged from Clare later in life

They were from London

They were barely literate
3 Who was Clare's first love?

Patty Turner

Mary Joyce

Susan Smith

John Keats
4 What was Clare's first book?

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Rural Muse

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

The Shepherd's Calendar
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?

He never published his poetry during his life

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

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

He published many volumes, but remained largely unknown
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

Helpston

London

High Beech asylum
7 Which of the following is NOT a primary theme of "I Am!"?

The uncertainty of existence

The instability of the individual

The evils of social isolation

The beauty of the countryside
8 What is the rhyme scheme of "I Am!"?

abababab

aabbcc

abcabc

ababab
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 the exclusive attribute of poets

As entirely non-existent

As dependent on the perception of other people

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?

Mists

Ghosts

Odors

Specters
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

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 vastness

Its capacity to drown him

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

Respects

Goals

Worships

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

Gross

Weird

Alien

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?

A return to childhood

The apocalypse

Death

Sleep
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals

The speaker's feelings of woe

The destruction of the countryside

Existence without a sense of self
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?

I am the self-consumer of my woes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

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

Grieve

Play

Live

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

Cheerful and hopeful

Mournful and reflective

Resentful and frustrated

Overwhelmed and emotional
22 How does the speaker see grief?

As an inevitable part of life

As something that brings him closer to God

As a problem

As something that makes him stronger
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 believes his life can improve

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker entirely abandons hope
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

There to abide with my Creator, God

I am the self-consumer of my woes

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