Read the following statement:"You must become an ignorant man again . . ."Which is the most likely explanation of what Wallace Stevens means?A.The poet must learn to see the world in a new way.B.The poet must pretend to be someone else.C.The poet must not read other people's writing.D.The poet must avoid going to school or reading.

What does Wallace Stevens mean when he says, "You must become an ignorant man again"?A.To write poetry, we must avoid educating ourselves.B.To write poetry, we must pretend not to like reading.C.To write poetry, we must see the world in new ways.D.To write poetry, we must not study the work of others.

What do you learn about the narrator from the following passage?. . .perhaps because I've been immersed in academia for some time, collecting college degrees like knickknacks, I started to feel ashamed of the not knowing and the not caring.A.The narrator has never gone to school.B.The narrator hates to read.C.The narrator does not like education.D.The narrator is well-educated.

Read the following line by Archibald MacLeish:A poem should not mean but be.Which best explains what this statement means?A.Images are less important than meaning in poetry.B.Poems do not necessarily have to be interpreted.C.People should not try to read past the surface of a poem.D.Poetry can best be understood by advanced scholars.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which of these inferences about the narrator is best supported by the following section of the poem (lines 65-70)?I resist anything better than my own diversityBreathe the air but leave plenty after me,And am not stuck up, and am in my place.(The moth and the fish-eggs are in their place,The bright suns I see and the dark suns I cannot see are in their place,The palpable is in its place and the impalpable is in its place.)Answer choices for the above questionA. He feels superior to others.B. He would identify with other people if they behaved better.C. He does not consider himself superior or different to any other person.D. He believes in a rigid natural hierarchy.

What does the poet mean when he says that happy man does notserve another's will?