ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MODERN POETRY AND POETICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
H.D.’s poem “Oread” reads: “WHIRL up, sea-/Whirl your pointed pines./Splash your great pines/On our rocks./Hurl your green over us-/Cover us with your pools of fir.” To which of the following categories does this poem belong?
A
Objectivist poetry
B
Futurist poetry
C
Imagist poetry
D
Vorticist poetry
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, an oread is any of the nymphs of mountains and hills in Greek mythology. So in her poem, H.D. is invoking nature, mysticism, and mythology. The entire poem is a command from a magical nymph to the sea, telling the sea to send crashing waves over the land.

Detailed explanation-2: -"Oread” as Imagist poem "Oread” may serve to illustrate some prominent features of Imagist poetry. Rejecting the rhetorics of Late Romanticism and Victorianism, the Imagists aimed at a renewal of language through extreme reduction.

Detailed explanation-3: -Oread is an imagist poem written during the Imagist Movement. An Imagist poem does not follow traditional structure.

Detailed explanation-4: -The word “oread” is derived from the Greek word “oros” meaning “mountain” (the oread is primarily a mountain spirit) which, in turn, is derived from the Latin word “oriri” meaning “to rise up” (a mountain is something that has risen up).

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