Quizzes - Jeffers, Robinson

* At the height of his popularity, Jeffers was most famous for his novel-length verse narratives. The publication of "Thurso's Landing" occasioned which major magazine to feature Jeffers on its cover?
* Jeffers was loved for his beautiful descriptions of nature. The following lines open which famous poem? "The ebb slips from the rock, the sunken Tide-rocks lift streaming shoulders Out of the slack, the slow west Sombering its torch"
* Jeffers' father was an important Presbyterian theologian and minister, and although Jeffers rejected his father's religion, he worked with religious ideas throughout his mature work. Which of the following poems is the only one that does NOT describe a religious position?
* Jeffers died on January 20 1962. Which is the best statement of the state of his poetic reputation at that time?
* Jeffers wrote these lines to Una in 1952. Why? "Whom should I write for dear, but for you? Two years have passed, The wound is bleeding--new and will never heal. I used to write for you, and give you the poem When it was written, and wait uneasily your verdict . . ."