American Poets and Writers - MCQs 25 MCQs on American Poets and Writers Who is known as the "father of American poetry"? a) Walt Whitman b) Edgar Allan Poe c) William Cullen Bryant d) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Answer: c) William Cullen Bryant Explanation: Bryant’s "Thanatopsis" is considered one of the earliest major American poems. "Leaves of Grass" is a seminal work by: a) Ralph Waldo Emerson b) Walt Whitman c) Robert Frost d) Emily Dickinson Answer: b) Walt Whitman Explanation: It celebrates the individual and the democratic spirit. Who wrote the poem "Because I could not stop for Death"? a) Sylvia Plath b) Emily Dickinson c) Marianne Moore d) Hilda Doolittle Answer: b) Emily Dickinson Explanation: It’s one of Dickinson...
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