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 Here are 50 multiple‑choice questions on Yeats’ poem “The Wild Swans at Coole”

  1. In which year was the poem first published?
    a) 1899 b) 1917 c) 1923 d) 1939

  2. Where is the poem’s setting?
    a) A city park b) A rural village c) A forest d) Coole Park

  3. How many swans does the speaker count?
    a) 29 b) 49 c) 59 d) 69

  4. What is the central theme of the poem?
    a) Love and romance b) Nature’s harmony c) Nostalgia and the passage of time d) Political unrest

  5. The poem consists of how many stanzas?
    a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

  6. The swans are described as:
    a) Noisy and disruptive b) Graceful and majestic c) Aggressive d) Ordinary

  7. What season is depicted in the poem?
    a) Spring b) Summer c) Autumn d) Winter

  8. The speaker’s mood is best described as:
    a) Happy b) Melancholic c) Angry d) Content

  9. The poem’s rhyme scheme is:
    a) AABBCC b) ABCABC c) ABCB DD d) ABCBDD

  10. What poetic form does the poem take?
    a) Haiku b) Sonnet c) Ballad d) Lyric

  11. The number “nine‑and‑fifty swans” appears in the:
    a) First stanza b) Second c) Third d) Fourth

  12. “Clamorous wings” illustrates:
    a) Metaphor b) Simile c) Onomatopoeia d) Alliteration

  13. The phrase “wheeling in great broken rings” suggests:
    a) Straight flight b) Disorder c) Circular motion d) Silence

  14. “Their hearts have not grown old” contrasts:
    a) Eternal youth of swans with speaker’s aging
    b) Love and war
    c) Summer and winter
    d) Silence and noise

  15. The “nineteenth autumn” refers to:
    a) The poet’s 19th birthday
    b) 19 years since first visit
    c) 19th spring
    d) 19 years of marriage

  16. The missing swan symbolizes:
    a) Yeats’ romantic loss
    b) A sick bird
    c) Loneliness
    d) His poetic success

  17. What sound is heard in the poem?
    a) Bells b) Thunder c) Bell‑beat of wings d) Rain

  18. The poem was written near the home of:
    a) Lady Gregory b) Maud Gonne c) Yeats’ mother d) His daughter

  19. The swans represent all EXCEPT:
    a) Immortality b) Beauty c) Political power d) Love

  20. The poet’s tone is largely:
    a) Satirical b) Joyful c) Reflective d) Cynical

  21. The “still sky” is reflected in the:
    a) Pond b) River c) Lake d) Sea

  22. The movement of the swans is:
    a) Erratic b) Slow c) Sudden and graceful d) Violent

  23. The “bell‑beat” metaphor suggests:
    a) The sound of wings
    b) A ringing bell
    c) Music
    d) Silence

  24. “Trod with a lighter tread” implies the speaker was:
    a) Angry b) Tired c) Younger and spirited d) Sad

  25. The poem’s structure is composed of:
    a) 5 stanzas of 6 lines b) 4 stanzas of 6 lines c) 6 stanzas of 4 lines d) 3 stanzas of 5 lines

  26. The poet writes during:
    a) Spring equinox b) Summer solstice c) October twilight d) Winter dawn

  27. The swans’ paddling is in:
    a) Warm streams b) Dirty water c) Cold companionable streams d) Fast-moving rivers

  28. Yeats attended which event during writing?
    a) A wedding b) Irish riots c) World War I era d) American Revolution

  29. The poem interrogates the nature of:
    a) Death b) Love c) Time and change d) Travel

  30. The final stanza asks:
    a) Where swans nest b) Which lake will delight future watchers? c) When they will fly d) Who will replace Yeats

  31. The “wild swans” create images of:
    a) Terror b) Confusion c) Mystery and beauty d) Anger

  32. Yeats contrasts swans with:
    a) Birds b) Fish c) His own aging self d) Trees

  33. The poem employs which meter?
    a) Free verse b) Iambic (lines vary) c) Trochaic tetrameter d) Dactylic hexameter

  34. “Nine‑and‑fifty” evokes:
    a) Estimate b) Precision c) Exactness with emotional weight d) Randomness

  35. The poem addresses the fear of:
    a) Extinction b) Lightning c) Losing beauty and youth d) Public speaking

  36. Yeats’ mood is best described as:
    a) Jubilant b) Furious c) Pensive d) Satirical

  37. The swans’ grace is emphasized by their:
    a) Colors b) Size c) Movement in rings d) Beaks

  38. “All suddenly mount” suggests:
    a) Slow rise b) Gradual wing beats c) An abrupt collective flight d) A climb

  39. This poem belongs to which literary period?
    a) Romanticism b) Victorian c) Modernism (post‑WWI) d) Renaissance

  40. Yeats uses the swans to symbolize:
    a) Political ideals b) Creative inspiration c) War strategies d) Domestic peace

  41. The poet worries the swans will:
    a) Die soon b) Return always c) Fly away and be missed d) Fight each other

  42. The poem ends on a note of:
    a) Resolution b) Happiness c) Open‑ended reflection d) Anger

  43. The swans are paired “lover by lover”, indicating:
    a) Monogamy b) Violence c) Companionship and love d) Flight formation

  44. The poet first visited Coole Park at age:
    a) 15 b) 17 c) 19 d) 21

  45. Yeats describes the landscape as:
    a) Verdant spring b) Summer bloom c) Autumn beauty d) Winter barren

  46. The poem reflects Yeats’ rejection by:
    a) His wife b) Maud Gonne c) Lady Gregory d) His daughter

  47. The swans’ “companionable streams” symbolize:
    a) Friendship b) Coldness c) Togetherness in nature d) Isolation

  48. Yeats dedicated the poem to:
    a) His wife b) His daughter c) Maud Gonne d) Lady Gregory’s son, Major Robert Gregory

  49. The key contrast in the poem is between:
    a) Life and death b) Wealth and poverty c) Change vs. permanence d) War and peace

  50. The phrase “when I awake some day / To find they have flown away” conveys:
    a) Joy b) Regret c) Ephemeral nature of beauty and time d) Surprise

✅ Answers

1 b | 2 d | 3 b | 4 c | 5 c | 6 b | 7 c | 8 b | 9 c | 10 d | 11 a | 12 c | 13 c | 14 a | 15 b | 16 c | 17 c | 18 a | 19 c | 20 c | 21 c | 22 c | 23 a | 24 c | 25 b | 26 c | 27 c | 28 c | 29 c | 30 b | 31 c | 32 c | 33 b | 34 c | 35 c | 36 c | 37 c | 38 c | 39 c | 40 b | 41 c | 42 c | 43 c | 44 c | 45 c | 46 b | 47 c | 48 d | 49 c | 50 c


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