Romanticism Unit Review

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“Thanatopsis”

What poem did we read from William Cullen Bryant?

Death

What subject does “Thanatopsis” discuss?

Yes, 4 stanzas

Is “Thanatopsis” divided into stanzas? If so, how many?

No

Does “Thanatopsis” have a rhyme scheme?

End rhyme

Rhyme scheme is the pattern of ___________________ within a poem.

Tomb

Within “Thanatopsis” Bryant uses an extended metaphor to

compare the earth to a __________.

Simile

Read the following: “When thoughts if the last bitter

hour come like a blight over thy spirit…” This is an

example of a(n)

alliteration

What sound device is being used in the following

passage: …”over thy spirit, and sad images of the stern

agony, and shroud…?

Imagery

Writing that appeals to the reader’s senses is known as…

Iambic pentameter Iambic tetrameter Trochaic octameter

Iambic quadrameter

Name one type of meter that we have discussed during this unit.

Do not go towards death like someone scared and beaten-down. Go towards death like one lying down to a comfortable sleep.

What does this line from “Thanatopsis” mean:

Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night,Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and

soothedBy an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave

Like one who wraps the drapery of his couchAbout him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.

Simile

What literary device is being used in the following line: As a twig trembles, which a birdLights on to sing, then leaves unbent,So is my memory thrilled and stirred;-

ABAB

What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza:As, at one bound, our swift spring heapsThe orchards full of bloom and scent,So clove her May my wintry sleeps;--I only know she came and went.

Families would read their works by the fire.

Why were the fireside poets given that name?

Sad, sentimental, longing

What is a word that describes the tone in “She Came and Went”?

daughter

“She Came and Went” was written about Lowell’s…

A cross of snow on a mountain that never melts away

In “The Cross of Snow,” Longfellow uses an

extended metaphor to compare the mark left by his wife’s death to what?

“Annabel Lee” and “The Raven”

What are the two poems we read by Edgar Allan

Poe?

ABABCB

What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines:

It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,

That a maiden there lived whom you may knowBy the name of Annabel Lee;

And this maiden she lived with no other thoughtThan to love and be loved by me.

Repetition or alliteration

What literary device is being used in the following

lines:

In her sepulchre there by the sea,In her tomb by the sounding sea.

His mother died from TB, his stepmother died from TB, his father abandoned his family, his stepfather rejected him, his wife/cousin died from TB, he suffered from alcoholism, he was poor throughout much of his life

Name 3 tragedies in Poe’s life that may have

influence the dark nature of his stories

Sad, bitter, angry

What is the tone of “Annabel Lee”

Pallas Athen: Goddess of wisdom Night’s Plutonian Shore: Hell; Pluto is the

Roman god of the underworld Nepenthe: mythological drug of

forgetfulness Aidenn: The Garden of Eden from within the

Bible

What is an allusion made in “The Raven”

Personification

When an author gives human characteristics to an inanimate object, they

are using…

People that are suffering emotionally should not let their superstitions overcome their wisdom or reason.

What is a possible theme for “The Raven”?

First person; it uses the pronouns “I,” “me,” “my,” and the narrator is a character in the story and it is told from his perspective.

From what point of view is “The Black Cat” written?

How can you tell?

The second cat could represent the narrator’s guilt for his deeds

Explain a possible symbol from “The Black Cat”

The second cat is a demon cat that is repaying the narrator for his vicious behavior towards Pluto or the narrator slowly becomes psychotic because of his increased alcoholism and he sees and interprets things incorrectly.

In what two ways could “The Black Cat” be interpreted?

The Spanish Inquisition

“The Pit and the Pendulum” takes place during what historical

period?

Imagery

What literary device is used most often in “The Pit and the Pendulum”?

His poems uses sound devices while his short stories use imagery and more figurative language.

How is the style Poe uses for his poems different

than the style he uses for his short stories?

Reason and logic are inferior to feelings and emotions

Nature is a place where individuals can get in touch with their inner selves

Living out in nature is preferable to living in a city

The perfect state of man would to be innocent like Adam and Eve before eating the apple

What are some beliefs of Romantic writers?

The house could represent Usher himself; when he is agitated, so is the house; when he dies, so does the house

What is a possible symbol from “The Fall of the House of Usher”?

Very melancholy, dark, dreary

What is the mood of the opening of “The Fall of the

House of Usher”?

Name a conflict from “The Black Cat” and categorize it.