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Goats

By Ernest Antony

A long-horned, goat with whiskers grey
Once met a slave upon the way.
Said smellful William to the other,
“Good morning, ho good morning brother;
How is it with you this fine day,
How fare you in this world I pray?”
The slave looked sad and answered low,
“No good, I’m unemployed you know.”
“And is that ill?” then asked the goat,
“I never toil. I’d have you note,”
“That is quite true,” the slave replied,
“But if I don’t, I’d starve,” he sighed.
“What! Starve where there is much to eat,
Because you’re turned upon the street?”
“Why, slave, you’re in the infant class;
I never ask who owns the grass,”
So sagely spoke the quadruped.
“It never enters my thick head
That means to live would be denied.”
“But you’re a goat,” the slave replied.

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"roll the dice" is the opening line of a poem by Charles Bukowski.

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"I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair" is the opening line of a poem by Pablo Neruda. What is the next line of this poem?

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"The Odyssey" is a famous epic poem by Homer. What is the next line of this poem after "Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero"?

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"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all." 

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"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day;" - What is the next line of this poem by Dylan Thomas?

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"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;" - What is the next line of this poem by T.S. Eliot?

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"Do not go gentle into that good night,

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Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

 

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"I have measured out my life with coffee spoons." 

 

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"Tyger Tyger, burning bright,

In the forests of the night;

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Could frame thy fearful symmetry?"

 

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But I have promises to keep, 

And miles to go before I sleep, 

And miles to go before I sleep." 

 

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He kindly stopped for me – 

The Carriage held but just Ourselves – 

And Immortality." 

 

- What is the title of this poem?

 

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He kindly stopped for me; 

The carriage held but just ourselves, 

And Immortality."

 

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"Daddy" is a famous poem by Sylvia Plath. What is the next line of this poem after "You do not do, you do not do / Any more, black shoe"?

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"Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night;"

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And all the boards did shrink; 

Water, water, everywhere, 

Nor any drop to drink."

 

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"Because I could not be with you, I will write across the page the words I was too afraid to speak, I was too afraid to stay, I was too afraid to leave."

 

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Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by a poem that describes or meditates on the natural world, often using vivid imagery and sensory language?

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What is the name for a poetic form consisting of 14 lines with a specific rhyme scheme and meter?

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Which of the following is NOT a form of Japanese poetry?

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Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by three-line stanzas, with a syllable count of 5-7-5 and a seasonal reference?

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Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by a five-line stanza with a syllable count of 2-4-6-8-2, and typically contains a humorous or witty twist at the end?

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Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by three stanzas of three lines each and a final quatrain?

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What is the name of the poetic form that originated in ancient Arabic poetry, consisting of rhyming couplets and a refrain, typically used to express love or melancholy?

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Which of the following poetic forms consists of a three-line stanza, with a syllable count of 5-7-5, but also includes a two-line stanza at the end, with a syllable count of 7-7?

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Which of the following poetic forms is characterized by a poem with three stanzas of three lines each, followed by a single four-line stanza, with a specific rhyme scheme and syllable count?

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