Final Flashcards by Payton Chapley

What poem is this from:

“Over the mirrors meant
To glass the opulent
The sea-worm crawls — grotesque, slimed, dumb, indifferent.”

Convergence of the Twain

Thomas Hardy

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What is the poem, The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy, about?

The sinking of the Titanic from an objective and unattached point of view

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What are some themes in The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy?

Fate
Isolation
Man vs the Natural World

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What are some symbols in The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy?

Personification of the ship & the iceberg (male/female)

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What are some themes in The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy?

Fate (fate governs everything)
Isolation
Man vs the Natural World

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What are some symbols in The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy?

Personification of the ship & the iceberg (male/female)
The Iceberg - Mother Nature
The ship - Humanity

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What are some symbols in The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy?

Personification of the ship & the iceberg (male/female)
The Iceberg - Mother Nature
The ship - Humanity

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What poem is this from:

“We all go: only a few, first class”

Titanic

David R. Slavitt

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What is the poem, Titanic by David R. Slavitt, about?

The romanticisation of the horrors of the Titanic by talking about how it apply to contemporary readers. Refers to it as a show, rather than a real event.

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What is the tone Titanic by David R. Slavitt?

Very straight forward and honest.

Satirical

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What are some themes in The Convergence of the Twain by Thomas Hardy?

Fate (fate governs everything)
Isolation
Man vs the Natural World

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What poem is this from:

“We all go: only a few, first class”

Titanic

David R. Slavitt

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What is the tone Titanic by David R. Slavitt?

Very straight forward and honest.

Satirical

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What poem is this from:

“Yet this inconstancy is such
As you too shall adore
I could not love thee, Dear, so much,
Loved I not Honor more?”

To Lucasta

Richard Lovelace

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What is the poem, To Lucasta by Richard Lovelace, about?

A man who chooses war and honour over a woman. He loves war more than her.

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What is the voice of To Lucasta by Richard Lovelace?

A man who has not yet seen the horrors of war. He is still under the illusion that war is honourable.

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What are some themes in To Lucasta by Richard Lovelace?

War
Love
Honour
Pride

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What are some symbols in To Lucasta by Richard Lovelace?

War and Honour as a woman

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What poem is this from:

“Yet this inconstancy is such
As you too shall adore
I could not love thee, Dear, so much,
Loved I not Honor more?”

To Lucasta

Richard Lovelace

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What are some symbols in To Lucasta by Richard Lovelace?

War and Honour as a woman

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What poem is this from:

“Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling”

Dulce et Decorum Est

Wilfred Owen

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What is the poem, Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen, about?

Superficially, it is about a gas attack, and the death of soldiers, but the underlying moral is that there is nothing honourable about war.

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What are some symbols in Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen?

Ocean/sea - From afar it looks beautiful, but it is unforgiving and terrifying. Just like war
Personification of the ‘Old Lie’ (Dulce et Decorum Est, Pro patria mori)

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What are some themes in Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen?

Warfare
Patriotism
Different versions of reality (the ideal and the real - portrayal of the war vs the reality)

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What poem is this from: "love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! – and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death."

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways | Elizabeth Barrett Browning

What is the poem, How do I love thee? Let me count the ways by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, about?

An overexaggerated confession of love

What are some themes in How do I love thee? Let me count the ways by Elizabeth Barrett Browning?

Love Death Mortality

What poem is this from: "`Fair and foul are near of kin, And fair needs foul,' I cried. 'My friends are gone, but that's a truth Nor grave nor bed denied"

Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop | William Butler Yeats

What is the poem, Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop by William Butler Yeats about?

It is about a Priest who is trying to teach this prostitute, Crazy Jane, about religion and self respect, but Crazy Jane believes that Love and Lust should have holy places in our lives. She also believes that the two are not so different.

What are some themes in Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop by William Butler Yeats

Religion | Love vs Lust (Jane believes that love = lust, but the Bishop thinks that it is love vs lust

What are some themes in Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop by William Butler Yeats

Religion | Love vs Lust (Jane believes that love = lust, but the Bishop thinks that it is love vs lust)

What poem is this from: "If I asked her master he’d give me a cask a day; but she with the beer at hand, not a gill would arrange!"

A Glass of Beer | James Stephens

What is A Glass of Beer by James Stephens about?

A man condemning a woman for not giving him beer

What are themes are in A Glass of Beer by James Stephens?

Anger

What symbols are in A Glass of Beer by James Stephens?

Death

What poem is this from: "Nothing would give up life: Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath."

Root Cellar | Theodore Roethke

What is Root Cellar by Theodore Roethke about?

The cycle of life and the creation of new life.

What themes are in Root Cellar by Theodore Roethke?

Celebration of life Cycle of Life Rebirth Survival

What symbols are in Root Cellar by Theodore Roethke?

Nature as a symbol for rebirth

What poem is this from: "Nothing would give up life: Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath."

Root Cellar | Theodore Roethke

What is Root Cellar by Theodore Roethke about?

Descriptive poem about nature that relates to life

What symbols are in Root Cellar by Theodore Roethke?

Nature as a symbol for rebirth

What poem is this from: You beat time on my head With a palm caked hard by dirt, Then waltzed me off to bed Still clinging to your shirt.

My Papa's Waltz | Theodore Roethke

What is My Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke about?

A drunk father waltzing with his son

What themes are in My Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke?

Power Masculinity Trust and Admiration

What symbols are in My Papa's Waltz by Theodore Roethke?

symbols of masculinity (whiskey, belt buckle, dirty hands, leading partner...)

What poem is this from: Christ! If my love were in my arms, And I in my bed again!

Western Wind | Anon.

What is the importance of Western Wind by Anon.?

There is no connection between image and statement.

What poem is this from: She only said, ‘The day is dreary, He cometh not,’ she said; She said, ‘I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!’

Mariana | Alfred Tennyson

What is Mariana by Alfred Tennyson about?

A woman who continuously laments her lack of connection with society.

What themes are in Mariana by Alfred Tennyson?

Abandonment Isolation Decay

What is important about Mariana by Alfred Tennyson

The reliance on description, imagery, and atmosphere

What poem is this from: Break, break, break At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.

Break, Break, Break | Alfred Tennyson

What is Break, Break, Break by Alfred Tennyson about?

A man, looking out over the sea, and remembering/grieving his life. He is bitter.

What themes are in Break, Break, Break by Alfred Tennyson?

Death | Time

What symbols are in Break, Break, Break by Alfred Tennyson?

The Sea, as both happiness and grief.

What poem is this: "Charge for the guns!" he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.

Charge of the Light Brigade | Alfred Tennyson

What is Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson about?

It's a narrative poem. The story of the rise and fall of the 'six hundred'

What is Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson about?

It's a narrative poem. The story of the rise and fall of the 'six hundred' during the battle of Balaklava in the 1800's

What are the themes in Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson?

War Death Tasty Treats Courage

What are the symbols in Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson?

The Valley of death | Personification of Death (Capitalization of the word 'Death' and by saying that it has jaws)

What is this poem called: "The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough."

In a Station in the Metro | Ezra Pound

What is In a Station in the Metro | Ezra Pound

A man sees a bunch of faces in the subway and thinks they look like flowers on a tree branch. The beauty of life dotting the underground.

What is The Winter Evening Settles Down by T.S. Elliot about?

It is a reflection of the narrators bleak life through snapshot images that use all 5 senses

What is In a Station in the Metro by Ezra Pound about?

A man sees a bunch of faces in the subway and thinks they look like flowers on a tree branch. The beauty of life dotting the underground.

What are the symbols in In a Station in the Metro by Ezra Pound?

Flowers for signs of human life

What poem is this from: ``` "And short square fingers stuffing pipes, And evening newspapers, and eyes Assured of certain certainties, The conscience of a blackened street Impatient to assume the world." ```

The Winter Evening Settles Down | T.S. Elliot

What is The Winter Evening Settles Down by T.S. Elliot about?

It is a reflection of the narrators bleak life through snapshot images that use all 5 senses

What themes are in The Winter Evening Settles Down by T.S. Elliot?

Isolation | Disappointment

What symbols are in The Winter Evening Settles Down by T.S. Elliot?

Winter - cold, dark, lonely

What poem is this from: This strange thing must have crept Right out of hell. It resembles a bird’s foot Worn around the cannibal’s neck.

Fork | Charles Simic

What is Fork by Charles Simic about?

The description of a fork through the objective lens of someone who has never seen a fork.

What is Fork

FORK IS BIRD NECK

Who is the Baklava?

Asia is the Baklava

What does Fork by Charles Simic want readers to do?

Look at things in a different way

What does Fork by Charles Simic want readers to do?

Look at things in a different way

What poem is this from: A dying firelight slides along the quirt Of the cast iron cowboy where he leans Against my father's books. The lariat Whirls into darkness. My girl in skin tight jeans

The End of the Weekend | Anthony Hecht

What symbols are in The End of the Weekend by Anthony Hecht?

Owl = him Mouse = she Levels of the house = progression from birth to death

What is The End of the Weekend by Anthony Hecht about?

A couple, about to have sex, is interrupted by an owl who is hungry as fuck.

What is The End of the Weekend by Anthony Hecht about?

A couple, about to have sex, is interrupted by an owl who is hungry as fuck.

What poem is this from: I hear it coming closer to my forehead the .38 I hear its weird whistle the .38 I hear it give off a steamlike noise when it cuts through my sweat the .38 I hear its inge my skin as it enters my head the .38 and I hear death saying, Hello, I'm here!

The .38 | Ted Joans

What is The .38 by Ted Joans about?

The dramatic retelling of the murder of a woman and her son by the father, as told by the son.

What symbols are in The .38 by Ted Joans?

the gun as a symbol for death | Screaming and Silence - Life and Death

What themes are in The .38 by Ted Joans?

Power Male Dominance Murder Death

What poem is this from: As the death-bed whereon it must expire Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by. This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

"That time of year thou may’st in me behold" OR Sonnet 73 William Shakespeare

What is Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare about?

Someone growing old

What themes are in Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare?

Old age | Mortality

What is Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare about?

Someone growing old.

What themes are in Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare?

Old age | Mortality

What symbols are in Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare

Seasons | Love

What poem is this from: Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove:

Sonnet 116 | William Shakespeare

What is Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare about?

True love, and how it lasts

What themes are in Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare?

Love Loyalty Mortality

What symbols are in Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare?

Age/time/death | Marriage

What poem is this from: Yet dearly I love you, and would be loved fain, But am betroth'd unto your enemy; Divorce me, untie, or break that knot again, Take me to you, imprison me,

Batter my Heart | John Donne

What is Batter My Heart by John Donne about?

It is the conversation between a man and God. He is asking God to enter his heart violently and fill him with light. But, he also knows that that cannot happen, as he is already 'betroth'd' to God's enemy

What is Batter My Heart by John Donne about?

What themes are in Batter My Heart by John Donne?

Religion Violence Marriage Life vs Death

What symbols are in Batter My Heart by John Donne?

Romance with God | Divorce and Marriage

What poem is this from: His Grace! impossible! what dead! Of old age too, and in his bed! And could that mighty warrior fall? And so inglorious, after all!

A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General | Johnathan Swift

What poem is this from: His Grace! impossible! what dead! Of old age too, and in his bed! And could that mighty warrior fall? And so inglorious, after all!

A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General | Jonathan Swift

What is A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General by Jonathan Swift about?

It is a satirical elegy for a late famous general

What is A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General by Jonathan Swift about?

It is a satirical elegy for a late famous general. He talks about how, even though

Define Parody:

An imitation/response to another piece of work

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