I Am! (John Clare poem) Quizzes

I Am! (John Clare poem) I Am!

1 When was John Clare born?
The late eighteenth century

The mid nineteenth century

The mid eighteenth century

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

They became estranged from Clare later in life

They were laborers

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

Mary Joyce

John Keats

Patty Turner
4 What was Clare's first book?
The Shepherd's Calendar

The Rural Muse

The Village Minstrel and Other Poems

Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery
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!"?
abababab

abcabc

aabbcc

ababab
9 What is the meter of "I Am"?
Iambic pentameter (five pairs of one unstressed and then one stressed syllable)

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

Free verse (no fixed meter)

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 entirely non-existent

As the one thing independent of other people's opinions

As the exclusive attribute of poets

As dependent on the perception of other people
11 Which of the following BEST replaces the word vapours in line 6?
Specters

Ghosts

Mists

Odors
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 lack of landmarks

Its vastness

Its turbulence

Its capacity to drown him
14 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "esteems" in line 10?
Respects

Goals

Delusions

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

Distant

Alien

Gross
16 What literary device does NOT appear in the second stanza?
Simile

Metaphor

Repetition

Parallelism
17 What does the speaker desire in the third stanza?
A return to childhood

The apocalypse

Sleep

Death
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?
The grass below—above the vaulted sky.

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes

I am the self-consumer of my woes
20 Which of the following BEST replaces the word "abide" in line 15?
Live

Play

Grieve

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

Mournful and reflective

Cheerful and hopeful

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

As a problem

As something that brings him closer to God

As an inevitable part of life
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's tone becomes mournful and yearning

The speaker comes up with a solution to his problem

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?
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

But the vast shipwreck of my life’s esteems

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