Test: SSAT Upper Level Reading

 
Adapted from "On the Sonnet" by John Keats (1848)
 
If by dull rhymes our English must be chain'd,
   And, like Andromeda, the Sonnet sweet
Fetter'd, in spite of pained loveliness;
Let us find out, if we must be constrain'd,
   Sandals more interwoven and complete
To fit the naked foot of poesy;
Let us inspect the lyre, and weigh the stress
Of every chord, and see what may be gain'd
   By ear industrious, and attention meet:
Misers of sound and syllable, no less
   Than Midas of his coinage, let us be
   Jealous of dead leaves in the bay wreath crown;
So, if we may not let the Muse be free,
   She will be bound with garlands of her own.
1.

It can be inferred that the underlined phrase "the Muse" refers to __________.

a large anthology of poems by different authors

critics of poetry taken as a single group

a poet's inspiration

the ink with which poetry is written

the paper on which poetry is written

1/3 questions

0%
Learning Tools by Varsity Tutors