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Billy CollinsIntroduction to Poetry
Fiction | Poem | Adult | Published in 1988A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Comprehension Questions
1. Who most likely comprises “them” in the first line?
A) writers
B) students
C) scientists
D) researchers
2. What is the speaker’s profession, most likely?
A) teacher
B) writer
C) scientist
D) artist
3. What term best describes the attitude of the poem’s speaker?
A) tired
B) confused
C) angry
D) playful
4. What does the poem’s title position the reader to expect?
A) a class description in a course catalogue
B) an introductory lecture for a survey course on poetry
C) A only
D) A and B
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By Billy Collins
