Poetry
"The Truth About George"
Contemporary Quotes
Modern
Potpourri
100
Molly Holden wrote this poem, which offers a plea at the end to let some things grow on their own; there is beauty in that.
What is "Some Men Create"?
100
This character tells the story about George.
Who is George's uncle?
100
"So among orderly husbandry/leave some plots alone/that the eye may reap with pleasure what/the hand has not sown."
What is "Some Men Create"?
100
This specific event is generally seen as the cause for the feeling of disillusionment in the Modern period.
What is WWI?
100
During their meeting, this is what the specialist told George to do as a LONG-TERM solution to his speech problem.
What is talk to three strangers per day?
200
Stevie Smith wrote this poem about a man who was always "larking"; the funny-guy mask he wore ultimately made his friends miss his cry for help.
What is "Not Waving But Drowning"?
200
This author wrote "The Truth About George."
Who is P.G. Wodehouse?
200
"Oh, no no no, it was too cold always/(Still the dead one lay moaning)"
What is "Not Waving But Drowning"?
200
This is the definition of ekphrastic poetry.
What is a poem written in response to a piece of art?
200
This is defined as the use of interesting, amusing, or surprising contradictions in literature.
What is irony?
300
This author wrote both "Days" and "Coming."
Who is Philip Larkin?
300
This is the specialist's suggestion to George as a SHORT-TERM solution for his problem.
What is singing?
300
"The woman continued to stare at him. Her eyes were now about the size of regulation standard golf balls, and her breathing suggested the last stages of asthma."
What is "The Truth About George"?
300
"The Journey of the Magi," by T. S. Eliot, is an extended metaphor symbolizing what exactly?
What is Eliot's conversion to Christianity/his spiritual journey?
300
This is the distorted or exaggerated portrayal of a person.
What is a caricature?
400
This is the essential question from "Days" that helps to shift the tone of the poem.
What is "Where can we live but days?"?
400
This is the reason why George grows terrified of the Emperor of Abyssnia.
What is the man was about to perform a human sacrifice -- using George.
400
"On longer evenings,/Light, chill and yellow,/Bathes the serene/Foreheads of houses."
What is "Coming"?
400
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light" is a quote from this poem by Dylan Thomas.
What is "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night."
400
This is a deliberate overstatement or overexaggeration, such as, "I'm going to die of boredom."
What is a hyperbole?
500
This is the paradox in the lines "Some men create an unintended beauty by default."
What is the word "create" implies that these men have a hand in the planning of something, while the phrase "by default" shows that they truly sat back and let things go. It's a contradiction.
500
This is an explanation of the irony surrounding George's favorite pastime as it relates directly to him.
What is the fact that George has established a vast vocabulary in his head that he cannot use because of his speech impediment, which causes him to speak unclearly and seldom due to his low self-esteem.
500
"Ah, solving that question/Brings the priest and the doctor..."
What is "Days"?
500
This author wrote "Musee des Beaux Arts."
Who is W.H. Auden?
500
This word, seen in both "Not Waving But Drowning" AND "The Truth About George," means always joking around or easygoing.
What is larking?
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