Midterm Ch. 5 Flashcards
Longfellow’s “Divina Comedia” was a part of what effort?
His translation of Dante’s “Divine Comedy” from Italian to English
What author, compared to other New England School Poets, used the greatest variety of genres and verse forms?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow’s line “the tumult of the time disconsolate” refers to what?
Civil War rather than personal grief
Whittier’s poetry depicts…
A detailed picture of rural life
Whittier is least…
Typical of the New England School Poets
Whittier had no
Formal poetic training
In Whittier’s “First Day Thoughts”, what aspect causes problems from a biblical standpoint?
The idea that a person’s spiritual intuition has authority equal to or greater than the bible.
Who was the first American poet able to make a living primarily from his poetry?
Not Lowell but Irving
Lowell’s “The Lesson” is chiefly about what?
Pride
Why is Lowell’s “The Lesson” not anthologized very often in secular collections?
Because of its clear moral emphasis on God’s superiority to man.
What story launched Oliver Wendell Holmes literary career?
“Old Ironside”
