Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

Literary Themes > final exam > Flashcards

final exam Flashcards

(62 cards)

Start Studying
1
Q

where was Robert Frost born?

A

In San Francisco

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

where did Robert Frost die?

A

In Boston

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

From what Robert Frost died?

A

Health problems

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

in what did Robert Frost’s parents studied?

A

Literature

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

where did Robert Frost move the first time?

A

In Massachusetts

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

in what Robert Frost was interested?

A

in writing and reading poetry

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Did Robert Frost have a degree?

A

no

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

what were Robert Frost’s first jobs?

A

factory worker, editor and newspaper delivery

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What is the first poem Robert Frost published?

A

My Butterfly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What is the name of Robert Frost’s wife?

A

Elinor Miriam White

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

How many children did Robert Frost have?

A

6

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What did Robert Frost do after he sold his farm?

A

Became an english teacher in high school

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Where did Robert Frost move in 1912?

A

In England

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What is Robert Frost’s first books of poetry?

A

A Boy’s Will and North Boston

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Where did Robert Frost go in 1915?

A

Back to US

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

At the age of 42, what did Robert Frost started to do as a job?

A

teaching in Vermont at College Level

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What Prize did Robert Frost win and how many times?

A

The Pulitzer Prize, 4 times

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

By what tragedies Robert Frosts’s poetry is inspired by?

A
  • daughter’s death at birth
  • wife’s death
  • suicide of second daughter
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

What are Frosts Inspirations for his poems?

A
  • Dante’s the Inferno

- first part of the divine comedy

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

What is the theme that Robert Frost uses in his poetry?

A

the state of love after death

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What are the 3 parts of The Inferno?

A
  • The Inferno
  • purgatory
  • paradise
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

What are the 9 circles of Hell in The Inferno?

A
  • Limbo
  • Lust
  • Glutony
  • Avarice
  • Anger
  • Hersey
  • Violence
  • Fraud
  • Betrayal
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Explain what is imagery

A

experience through senses. a language more sensuous than ordinary language. appeals to our senses directly (music and rhythm) and indirectly (imagery). The sharpness and vividness of any image depends on how specific it is.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

Describe what is poetry

A

Concerned with all experiences, beautiful or ugly, strange or common, actual or imaginary.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Explain what is the paradox that poetry conveys.
all experiences - even painful - can be enjoyable when transmitted through art.
26
What is poetry used for?
as an act of communicaion between the transmitter (poet) and the receiver (reader)
27
What does the multidimensional language of poetry involve?
intelligence, senses, imagination and emotions
28
What are the types of love?
- passionate - platonic - impossible - parent/child bond
29
Where does William Shakespeare come from?
Stanford-upon-Avon
30
What are Shakespeare's parents' names?
Mary Arden and John Shakespeare
31
What gave Shakespeare's mother a certain prestige?
she was the daughter of a prominent landowner
32
What were Shakespeare's father's multiple jobs?
- glove maker - trader - member of the council
33
How was Shakespeare financially?
he had financial problems
34
what is the name of Shakespeare's wife?
Anne Hathaway
35
What was Shakespeare's education?
Local grammar school
36
What is the name of the company of Actors Shakespeare was a member of?
Lords Chamberlain Men
37
What was the name of the lord with which Shakespeare lived to escape the plague?
Earl of Southampton
38
what was the disease Shakespeare escaped when he lived with the Earl of Southampton?
The Plague
39
How many poems did Shakespeare wrote?
about 150 and 37 plays
40
What is the name Shakespeare adopted for his company when he was hired by James 1 king of England?
The king's Men
41
What emerged from society when Shakespeare was hired by the King of England?
Controversy
42
To whom were Shakespeare's sonnets 1 to 126 addressed?
A young man, the poets admired friend
43
what are Shakespeare's sonnets 1 to 7 about?
appeal to young man to marry and circumvent mortality by perpetuating his beauty or virtue in children
44
What are Shakespeare's sonnets 18-126 about?
about further elaboration on the poet's friend
45
What is the name of the Lady Shakespeare wrote many poem about?
The Dark Lady
46
What is this ardor in masculine friendship of Shakespeare's time commonly mistaken with in today's society?
notion of homsexuality
47
Shakespeare's young friend became a symbol of what in its poems?
a symbol of perfection
48
In what did William Blake study?
art: drawing school, engraving and reading poetry
49
What is the name of William Blake's wife?
Catherine Boucher
50
What did William Blake's wife teach him?
how to read
51
How many original copies of Songs of innocence and experience did Blake do?
28
52
To what did Blake devoted himself in the sixties after giving up poetry?
Pictorial art
53
What kind of pictorial art did William Blake do?
- hundreds of paintings and engravings | - illustrations for work of other poets
54
What is relief etching?
a printing method invented by William Blake also known as illuminated printing
55
At what age did William Blake die?
70
56
What influence did Blake had with his illuminated printing?
the graphic Novel
57
What is the name of Blake's main collections of poems
- songs of innocence | - songs of experience
58
What does the Songs of Innocence and Experience want to show?
the two contrary state of the human soul perception
59
What is the main concept of The songs of innocence and experience?
each song of innocence is mirrored in the songs of experience
60
Was William Blake popular at the end of his career?
yes
61
What is the tome of a poem?
the writer's attitude toward his subject and audience
62
What is the topic sentence of an essay?
the first sentence of a body paragraph. Should take position on a specific question and issues.

Literary Themes (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions