Which two of the following poems are dramatic monologues?
- A. Tennyson, 'Ulysses'
- B. Larkin, 'Church Going'
- C. Carol Ann Duffy, 'Medusa'
- D. Katherine Philips, 'A Married State'
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Correct answer: D. A and C only
Explanation
Ulysses addresses his mariners, and Duffy's Medusa (The World's Wife, 1999) speaks to her faithless husband. 'Church Going' is a meditative lyric, and Philips's poem is an argument in her own voice.
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