Poetry & Master Harold Flashcards

1
Q

what is the tone of the wind begun to rock the grass

A

descriptive

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2
Q

why begun and not began

A

could be a grammatical error or the poet is implying that the wind had started blowing before it became a menace

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3
Q

personification in the wind began to rock the grass

A

lines 5,7and 8

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4
Q

oxymoron in the wind begun to rock the grass

A

line 10

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5
Q

metaphor in the wind begun to rock the grass

A

line 11 and 12, comparing lightening’s yellow beak to a bird

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6
Q

use of dashes in the wind begun to rock the grass

A

visible lightning bolts

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7
Q

the diction of the wind begun to rock the grass

A

aggressive and violent

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8
Q

enjambment in the wind begun to rock the grass

A

lines 1 and 2 & lines 17 and 18

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9
Q

what is the repetition of menace

A

an anaphora and emphasizes the danger

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10
Q

the rhythm of the wind begun to rock the grass

A

created by 6,8,6,8 syllables, sounds like pattering rain

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11
Q

last line of the wind begun to rock the grass

A

anti-climatic because the storm only damaged the tree, not the house

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12
Q

the theme of loves farewell

A

love

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13
Q

“since” in loves farewell

A

seems like an interruption of someone’s speech

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14
Q

the tone of the first quatrain of loves farewell

A

dismissive

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15
Q

the tone of the second quatrain of loves farewell

A

conclusive

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16
Q

“brows” in loves farewell

A

synecdoche represents whole facial expressions

17
Q

the tone of 3rd quatrain of loves farewell

A

shift

18
Q

the tone of last two lines of loves farewell

A

hurried

19
Q

structure of loves farewell

A

Elizabethan sonnet with iambic pentameter

20
Q

tone of assassination

A

urgent

21
Q

them of assassination

A

politics, death

22
Q

(the throat neck)

A

own line, indentation like a bullet, instant death

23
Q

the motel… in the earth

A

enjambment

24
Q

repeated line of assassination

A

they came running

25
Q

who is assassination about

A

martin Luther king jr

26
Q

“was going to fire back”

A

MLK was a passivist who would never shoot back

27
Q

structure of assassination

A

shaped like a gun, emphasizes wildness, pauses give time to think, the only capital is “king”, jumped into the middle of a story

28
Q

title of assassination

A

emotive