The Vanity of Human Wishes Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Vanity of Human Wishes? Put your knowledge to
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Q. Which meter is "The Vanity of Human Wishes" written in?
Heroic couplets
Unheroic couplets
Hexameter
Blank Verse
Q. What is the form of Johnson's poem?
Elegy
Sonnet
Satire
Ode
Q. Which literary technique is used often in the poem?
Simile
Dactyl
Aporia
Metaphor
Q. What is the setting of "The Vanity of Human Wishes"?
Britain
Sweden
Ancient Greece
The whole world
Q. What sonic device is reflected in this poem?
Amphibrach
Consonance
Hyperbole
Spondee