Test 2 Flashcards by Nicki Robles

Most popular American 19th century poet; was a fireside Poet, created an American folklore

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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They also serve who only stand and wait

A psalm of life

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• “For the soul is dead that slumber
• But to act, that. Each to morrow find us farther than to day

A psalm of life

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Author of a psalm of life

Henry wadsworth longfellow

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Recognized mans sinned nature ; author of the scarlet letter

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Where is the setting in young Goodman brown

Salem( Massachusetts bay colony

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What does the “old man” represent

The devil

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What does the cloud represent

All humanity

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Author of f young Goodman brown

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Father of short stories ; created detective story’s

Edgar Allan Poe

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Point of view of the tell tail heart

First person

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Author of the tell tell heart

Edgar allen Poe

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Author of the raven

Edgar a. Poe

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door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.

Raven

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And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted—nevermore!

Raven

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Reflects elements of Poe’s marriage

Anabelle lee

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Born a slave became an abolitionist fough for civil rights for African Americans

Fredrick douglas

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Writer for the narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglas

Fredrick Douglas

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Tenants of transcendelism

God is in all our nature ( pantheism)
man has a spark of divinity
man should rely on himself not

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A transcendentalist; known for practical application of Emerson’s idea

Henry David thareou

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Based on his exprimen nursing his brother in a civil war hospital in Washington DC

Wound-dresser

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Author of wound dresser

Henry David thareou

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Author of o captain my captain

Henry David thareou

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Was written to Abraham Lincoln

0 captain my captain

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What does the ship represent

The US

What does the captain represent

Pres. Lincoln

What does the voyage mean

Civil war

Conclusion of o captain my captain

We won the war but we lost a captain

A recluse; modern style poetry ; wrote about aspirations, love , nature, death and immortality

Emily Dickinson

What does hope represent in “hope”

Bird

Writer of hope

Emily Dickinson

Known for religion,science and morality ; great expansion industry British empire covered 1/2 of the world

British Victorian era

Poet laureate; most popular Victorian poet; shown faith in God and doubt due to evolution

Alfred lord Tennyson

Author of Ulysses

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Theme of Ulysses

Determination to live a fulfilling life, even in old age

What is the charge of the light brigade about.

The Crimean war

Most famous female poet of her day most famous literary romance

Elizabeth Barrett browning

Author of sonnet from the Portuguese

Elizabeth Barrett browning

What is the Thor tracing in sonnet from the Portuguese

Her developing love for Robert browning

Her love has a spiritual element that transcendent this earth it has an all- encompassing reach. True love is eternal

Sonnet from the Portuguese

Master of the Dramatic monologue

Robert browning

Author of my last duches

Robert browning

What do we learn about the speaker in my last duchess

§ he’s untrustworthy § he’s controlling § Has an ego § He has to be the center of his wife’s life § He’s materialistic and jealous

Devout Christian; dominant theme of poetry; painful submissive to Gods will

Christina Rossetti

Author of a birthday

Christina Rossetti

What is the potential “love in a birthday

Christ

What is the ultimate birthday

The second coming of Christ

Author of remember

Christina rossetti

What perspective is remember

A dead persons

Jesuit priest: very influential on modern poets ( trad. Context,experimental, tech.

Gerald Manley Hopkins

What does is representing the Holy Spirit in gods grandeur

A dove

Became an agnostic; believed moral literature could replace religion desired to be a prophet— to enlighten society

Mathew Arnold

Faith leaving England; faith is more important

Dover beach

Major novelist and poet; became agnostic in college pessimistic; fate harms man

Thomas hardy

Author of Hap

Thomas hardy

• Reacting to Darwin’s origin of species Believe the world is random, man’s fate based on blind chance

Hap

Written while undergoing procedures to save his. Leg from amputation (other one had already been amputated

Invicticus

Written while undergoing procedures to save his leg from amputation ( other one had already been amputated

Invictus

Themes of Invictus

Resilience while facing adversity (British stiff upper lip) free will asserted over fate Agnosticism

Author of Invictus

William Ernest Henley

Author of huckleberry Finn

Mark twain

Point of view of huckleberry berry fin

First person

Local color

historical setting vernacular

Plot of Adventures of huckleberry fin

Adventure+ humor+serious+ social theme

Themes of adventures of huck

Satire on religion Society’s inability to civil people The humanity of all people ( Twain anti-slavery) octur

Sensible, practical, realistic, a survivor

Huck

Impractical, conformist, romantic

Tom

A slave; believable, compassionate, wise represents hucks moral compass

Jim

Known for seting stories in Louisiana; forerunner of American feminism

Kate chopin

Theme in a pair of silk stockings

- The instruction of marriage

New England novelist; focused on women whose lives were bounded by poverty and social constraints enforced by religious beliefs

Mary e Wilkins

Author of a pair of silk stockings

Kate Chopin

Theme of revolt of mother

Importance of comunicación in relationship

Local color of revolt of mother

regionalism New England farm life, dialect

A school of writers within realist periods ; humans are passive victims of social forces and environment influenced by evolution and survival of the fittest Determinism

American naturalism

Outside influence determine a mans destiny

Determinism

• A civil war veteran • Bitter Bierce • Naturalist

Ambrose Bierce

Occurrence at owl creek bridge

Ambrose biercd

• One of America’s most popular short story writers • Entertaining underlying fatalism

O Henry

The cop and the anthem

Fate wins determinism

O Henry’s real name

William Sydney porter