I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The mid eighteenth century

The mid nineteenth century

The late eighteenth century

The early nineteenth century
2 Which of the following is NOT true of Clare's parents?
They were from London

They were laborers

They became estranged from Clare later in life

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

Patty Turner

Susan Smith

Mary Joyce
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Rural Muse

The Shepherd's Calendar

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems
5 Which of the following best describes Clare's poetic career during his life?
He never published his poetry 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
6 Where was Clare when he wrote "I Am!"?
London

High Beech asylum

Northampton Lunatic Asylum

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

The beauty of the countryside

The evils of social isolation

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

abababab

ababab

aabbcc
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?
Iambic tetrameter (three pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

Free verse (no fixed meter)

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

Iambic pentameter (five 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 exclusive attribute of poets

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

Specters

Ghosts

Mists
12 Which of the following is NOT an example of simile?
And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed

Into the living sea of waking dreams

My friends forsake me like a memory lost

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes
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?
Delusions

Goals

Worships

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

Weird

Gross

Alien
16 What literary device does NOT appear in the second stanza?
Repetition

Parallelism

Metaphor

Simile
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?
The apocalypse

Death

A return to childhood

Sleep
18 What problem does the speaker hope to solve in the third stanza?
The speaker's feelings of woe

The destruction of the countryside

Existence without a sense of self

The speaker's failure to achieve his goals
19 Which line of "I Am!" recalls the themes of Clare's early work?
I am the self-consumer of my woes

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

The grass below—above the vaulted sky.
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?
Live

Pray

Play

Grieve
21 What is the tone of "I Am!"?
Mournful and reflective

Overwhelmed and emotional

Cheerful and hopeful

Resentful and frustrated
22 How does the speaker see grief?
As something that makes him stronger

As an inevitable part of life

As something that brings him closer to God

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

The grass, the sea, vapours

Memory, vapours, dreams

Memory, the grass, vapours
24 How does the third stanza differ from the first two?
The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

The speaker's tone becomes mournful and yearning

The speaker entirely abandons hope

The speaker believes his life can improve
25 In which line does Clare NOT use syntax to question the role of the individual?
But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

I am the self-consumer of my woes

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows

There to abide with my Creator, God

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