Unit 7 Flashcards
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the most beloved of all American Romantic poets who wrote the kind of poems that people enjoy sharing with their family and friends
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fireside poets
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examples of Fireside Poets
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Longfellow
Whittier
Holmes
Lowell
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another name for Fireside Poets
because their works were read and memorized by children in school
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Schoolroom Poets
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wrote “The Sifting of Peter”
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Longfellow
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wrote “Auf Wiedersehen”
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Longfellow
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Auf Wiedersehen was written in honor of
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James Thomas Fields
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the three comforts in Auf Wiedersehen
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Friends don’t feel sorrow when they leave us
Death is a beginning not an end
We will meet again
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the most popular American poet in the nineteenth century
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Longfellow
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only American poet to receive the honor of having a bust of him in Westminster Abbey
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Longfellow
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in A Psalm of Life, Longfellow emphasizes the
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conflict and brevity of a man’s life on earth
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wrote The Village Blacksmith
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Longfellow
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wrote A Psalm of Life
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Longfellow
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theme of A Psalm of Life
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be an example to others
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characteristics of the village blacksmith
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dependable
spiritual
sensitive
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wrote Rain in Summer
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Longfellow
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things and responses to rain
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sick man– calm
boys– commotion
oxen– thanks to God
farmer– thrift and gain
poet– life cycle
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theme of Arrow and the Song
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actions have long-lasting consequences
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wrote Arrow and the Song
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Longfellow
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wrote the Ship of State
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Longfellow
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the Master in the Ship of State
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God
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the workmen in the Ship of State
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founding fathers
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the ship in the Ship of State
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our Union
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” Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee,
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears,
Our faith triumphant o’er our fears,
Are all with thee,–are all with thee!”
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The Ship of State (Longfellow)
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wrote The Builders
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Longfellow
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"Think not, because no man sees,
Such things will remain unseen."
The Builders (Longfellow)
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trials shape us
Village Blacksmith
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far reaching consequences
Arrow and the Song
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The Builders is an extended metaphor for
building life
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Nakomises warning was
not marry girl rfom another tribe
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how did Hiawatha woo Minnehaha
gave her what she dreamed
gave dear
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wrote Hiawatha's Wooing
Longfellow
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Nikomises' warning
wed maiden of people
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Nikomis was Hiawatha's
grandma
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Minnehaha is a
Dacotah
daughter of arrow-maker
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Hiawatha was an
Ojibway
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wrote The Lover's Errand
Longfellow
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Priscilla rejected Standish's proposal because
he did not ask her himself
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who proposed for Miles Standish?
John Alden
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conflict of John proposing for Miles
John loved Priscilla
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who did John Alden and Miles Standish both love?
Priscilla Mullins
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wrote Paul Revere's Ride
Longfellow
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year of Paul Revere's Ride
1775
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if by land
one
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if by sea
two
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where the lamps were to be hung
Old North Church
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British came by
sea
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by twelve, Revere was in
Medford town
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by one, Revere was in
Lexington
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by two, Revere was in
Concord town
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wrote Loss and Gain
Longfellow
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themes of Loss and Gain
try harder
learn from defeat
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wrote Nature
Longfellow
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theme of Nature
Death
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"How far the unknown transcends the
what we know."
Nature (Longfellow)
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has been called America's greatest pastoral poem
Snowbound (whittier)
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wrote The Eternal Goodness
Whittier
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God is good when ...
we have trials
we lose loved ones
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"I know not what the future hath
Of marvel or surprise,
Assured alone that life and death
His mercy underlies"
Eternal Goodness (Whittier)
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from a Quaker family, renounced Transcendentalism, was an ardent abolitionist
Whittier
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wrote the Book Our Mothers Read
Whittier
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the theme of The Book Our Mothers Read
unchanging truth is in God's Word
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"We came back laden from our quest,
To find that all the sages said
Is in the Book our mothers read."
The Book Our Mothers Read (Whittier)
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wrote Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
Whittier
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theme of Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
we need to be willing to follow God's calling
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what Bibilical characters wre referenced in Dear Lord and Father...
disciples
66
the disciples were indicative of a lesson of
trust
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wrote Maud Muller
Whittier
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what was Maud doing?
raking hay
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who did Maud long for?
the Judge
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Maud is more interested in the what than the Judge himself
his money and lifestyle
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the Judge is more enamored with Maud's
simple lifestyle
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why could the Judge not marry Maud?
the Judge's mother and sisters would not have approved
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both Maud an the Judge
married other people
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poem that expresses the simple thought of complete trust in God
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
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America's greatest pastoral poem
Snowbound
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wrote Snowbound
Whittier
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scene of Snowbound
before storm-- no snow
while storm- snowing
after storm- lots of snow
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words that reveal tone of the day of the storm in Snowbound before it comes
cheerless
ominous
bitterness
sadder light
darkly
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how many days did it snow in Snowbound?
2 days
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how did Whittier spend the time while snowbound?
stories
puzzles
riddles
family time
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wrote Overheart
Whittier
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literary device in Overheart
illusion-
It yet shall touch His garment's fold,
And feel the heavenly Alchemist
Transform its very dust to gold."
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wrote Andrew Rykman's Prayer
Whittier
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what did Andrew desire?
to help others
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wrote Value of the Bible
Whittier
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what is the paradox in Value of the Bible
the Bible is worth more than naything else, but it is free
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the value of the Bible produces
inward beauty
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poem Whittier uses to describe the Bible and its effects on an individual
"Value of the Bible"
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medical doctor and writer
Oliver Wendell Holmes
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wrote A Sun-Day Hymn
known as Mr. Boston
Holmes
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metaphor for sun
guidance
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metaphor for star
hope
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metaphor of altars in Sun-Day Hymn
Christian sacrifice
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paradox in Sun-Day Hymn
Lord of all being! throned afar...
Yet to each loving heart how near!
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Christians need to be
living altars
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wrote Old Ironsides
Holmes
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why did Holmes write Old Ironsides?
to try to save ship
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literal devices used in Old Ironsides
Ay, tear her tattered ensign down! ---- irony
The meteor of the ocean air, --- metaphor
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wrote The Height of the Ridiculous
Holmes
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poem which Holmes made excuses why he couldn't write any more because they made people laugh to much
The Height of Ridiculous
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wrote The Ploughman
Holmes
102
theme of The Ploughman
a positive view of labor and its accomplishments
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the page is the
fiel
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the words are the
crops
105
the scholar is the
farmer
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wrote A Psalm of Life
Longfellow
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wrote Fourth of July Ode
Lowell
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poem which emphasized that WE NEED GOD
Fourth of July Ode
109
the kind of liberty that Fourth of July Ode said we need
spiritual liberty
110
theme of Fourth of July Ode
freedom from the bondage of sun and self can only happen with God's help
111
wrote the Present Crisis
Lowell
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poem which says we can't rely on the accomplishments of past generations
The Present Crisis
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poem which says that every conflict comes down to a choice
The Present Crisis
114
wrote The Courtin
Lowell
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what Lowell used to make The Courtin humorous
Yankee dialect
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the guy in The Courtin
Zekle
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the girl in The Courtin
Huldy
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Huldy's reaction to Zekle when he comes to see her
hard to get
(asks if he wants to see parents)
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what happened when Huldy said go?
Zekle kissed her and they were engaged next Sunday
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wrote International Copyright
Lowell
121
theme of International Copyright
sin will always be sin ( no excuses)
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what poem says that the Bible is constant?
International copyright
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what poem tells us not to dwell on past accomplishments?
The Present Crisis
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wrote A Fable of Critics
Lowell
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which of Lowell's poems was published anonymously?
A Fable for Critics
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in a Fable for Critics, who is the literary critic addressing
Apollo, the god of poetry
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In a Fable for Critics, Bryant is described as
quiet, cold in poetry
lacks passion
poetry written well
128
in a Fable for Critics Whittier's poems are
great fervor
bad grammar
repeats lyrics
stand against popular ideas
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Hawthorne is called a
genius
sensitive
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In Fable..., Poe is described as
CRAZY
3/5 genius
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in Fable..., Holmes is described as
too funny
doesn't do well with meter
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In Fable..., Campbell
not impressive at all
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In Fable..., Lowell describes himself as
to many isms
rattles on
134
how many lines are Fable for Critics
1000
