Whitman Flashcards
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the title thantopsis means
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vision of death
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which of these qualities does holmes attribute to old ironsides
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heorism
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which of these statements best expresses holmes view on old ironsides
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remarkable national relic should be saved
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which of these statemetns summarizes old ironsides
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ship will no longer see battle
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what does thanatopsis speaker say will happen to him after death
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body will become part of nature
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what kind of ship is old irosnisdes
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warship
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according to speaker in thantopsis what will happen to everyone when they die
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become part of earth
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old ironsides was nickname of
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uss constitution
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line 1 of prologue of hiawatha what is meaning of question whence these stories
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where did these stories come from
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how does prologue repetivie insistene meter set mood for hiawatha
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echoes rythmm of tom tom and pow wow
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stories to be told in hiawatha taken from what source
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native american legends
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five line stanzas of tide rises are called
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cinquaines
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which statements does not apply to stanzas in tide rises tide falls
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stanzas no regular pattern of rhyme
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broader meaning signified by tide in tide rises
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lifes cyclical enduring nature
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in hiawatha longfellow derives power of legends from
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nature
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what summarizes prologue of hiawatha
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prologue intros traditional native american stories
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tide rises curlew calls at
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twilight
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smiths heart rejoices when daughter sings cuz
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sounds like mother
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last stanza speaker shows admiration for smith for his
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honest labor
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in smith what is true of every stanza
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124
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lesson speaker refers to in smith is
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example of smiths honest way of life
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in smith image of flaming forge is
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life exepriences that shape and forge us
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why doesn’t smiths wife attend church
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she dead
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TF concept of nature very important to bryant
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TF bryant wrote thana at 30
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TF brynt wrote poem criticizing jefferson
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TF bryant was a journalist and reformer for 50 yrs
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TF brynat is one of our major colonial authors
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TF bryant is father of USA poetry
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TF longfellow could never rise above tragedies of life
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TF longfellow is least important fireside poet
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TF longfellow lost second wife thru divorce
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TF longfellow lost first wife thru illness
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TF longfellow taught at harvard
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TF longfellow considered best loved USA poet
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what does sea probably symbolize in this final sentence from the selection
natures power over humantiy
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white whale against ahab sought vengeance
caused ahab to lose leg previously
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mellvilles deepest philosophical concerns is with the
nature of evil
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ahabs rambling monologue show that he is
single minded
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which of these aspects of nature does the white whale not symbolize
spiritual comfort
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in the chase 3rd day which of the following is not an omen of disaster
ahab nailing a gold coin to mast
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list characters in moby dick descending order
ahab starbuck stubb ishmael
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which detail listed clearly suggests ahabs footprints are symbol
comparison relating them to footprints of his one unsleeping ever pacing thought
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what does stubb mean when he says of ahab chick that in him pecks the shell twill soon be out
something is bothering ahab and will soon drive him to action
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to ahabs mind moby dick symbolizes a wall thqt
must be broken through to reach truth behind it
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chief significance of ahabs being drowned by his own harpoon line
idea of obsession and vengeance lead to self destruction
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why does dr heidegger caution the 4 elders to draw rules
he fears they will revert to old behaviors and waste gift
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most likely allegorical meaning of dr heidregger entire story concerns
youth and age
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what does heid mean by referring to his subjects potential peculiar advantages
experiencing youth 2nd time
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water =
eternal youth
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heid suggests experiment could benefit
young people
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four people who drink heids cum are symbols for
age
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why are the elders inclined to swallow the water at once
impatient to regain youth
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in black veil what positive effect does the veil have
parson hooper converts more sinners
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in a parable characters, events, details, setting simplified so
to teach a moral lesson
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how does hawethorne view nature of huans
pessimistic
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which statement is central theme of black veil
people are often unwilling to face truth of themselves
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based on rest of story in black veil what can be inferred from following passage
each person hides his darkest secrets from others in fear of they think
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narrator implies in parson wearing the veil he performs a
symbolic act
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when is minister's veil removed
until tim jurasik stops being a bitch
| so never
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TF starbuck is ahabs most outspoken supporter
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TF true purpose of voyage is hunt kill moby dick
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TF tashtego is harpooner
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TF to ahab moby is dumb animal
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TF ahab offers spanish gold coin to sailor who first spots moby
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TF tashtego is sailor to identify white whale by name
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TF starbuck objects to ahab by claiming business is to hunt whales not vengeance
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TF bad omen starbuck saw is hawk pecking red flag
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TF on 3rd day pequod comes upon large number of sharks
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TF ahab kills moby
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TF after ahab dies pequod sails back to nantucket
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TF ahab dies when his harpoon is in whale and drags him into sea
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TF starbucks says ahab has heart of wrought steel
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TF ahab nailing gold coin to mast is not sign of disaster
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TF hawethorne wrote from puritan view of human goodness
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TF hawethorns writings contain theme of sin and guilt that the result
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TF haw had a puritan imagination and a dark view of human nature and math
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TF haw was melvilles mentor
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TF mellville concerned with origin and nature of evil
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TF mellville most popular writing simple adventure stories
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TF in moby dick good and evil are not linked
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TF mellville came from calvin background similar to purtian
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TF mellville dedicated moby dick to dickinson
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TF anti transcendentalists criticized transcendental philosophy for refusing to account for evil in world
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TF two authors against transcendentalism were haw and Thoreau
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TF narrators first wife returned from the grave by changing places with the second wife
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TF narrator loved 2nd wife as much as first wife
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TF ligeia belles strong will will conquer death
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TF narrator witnessed three ruby drops of some liquid falling into wifes wine glass
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TF poes own life was as dark and dismal as his fiction
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TF poe was an alcoholic
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TF poe married his 16 yr old cousin
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TF poe was an editor for magazines
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TF poe argued that a short story should achieve a single effect
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TF poe is the inventor of romance novel
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TF poe was raised by his natural parents
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what doesn't occur at the end of usher
madeline and roderick attack narrator
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before he enters the usher mansion he notices a barely perceptible fissure this is
foreshadowing
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the narrator discover roderick is all of the following except
bedridden
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the basic facts of usher include all following except one
roderick's sister dies first night of seizure
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the mood that is sustained in usher is one of pervasive
horror and gloom
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tapping is example of
onomatopoeia
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grim ungainly ghastly gaunt is example of
allitertion
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final stanza of raven ends on note of complete
despair
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and each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor doesnt have
internal rhyme
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the visitor in raven isnt called a soul in ....
mourning
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the speaker in raven can be best described as a
melancholy person trying to forget a tragedy
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we can infer from the ending of raven that
speaker will never escape despair
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in raven when narrator opens door of his chamber he half expects
dead woman he loved
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speaker asks raven questions about
what will happen after death
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ashtophet is goddess of
love and fertility
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narrators first wife taught him
metaphysics and transcendetnalism
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narrators first wife makes poem about ... as hero
conquering worm
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"my brain reeled...to assumptions and aspriations" to what does the narrator refer to
his wife's views on man's will overcoming death
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poe attributed opening quote in ligeia to
joseph glanville
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a man mourns his lost love
raven
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no one can harm me unpunished
amontilado
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in pace requiescat
amontilado
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single effect of irony
amontilado
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premature burial revenge
amontilado
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premature burial catalepsy
usher
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catacombs
amontilado
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story within story
usher
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rowena
ligeia
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roderick
usher
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carnivale in italy
amontilado
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madeline
usher
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pallas athena
raven
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nevermore
raven
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strong will overcome death
ligeia
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idolatrous love
ligeia
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fortunato
amontilado
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court jester costume
amontilado
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montressor
amontilado
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germany and england
ligeia
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TF in nature emerson states that there are no possibilities for man to grow spiritually
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TF emerson sees in nature evidence of god
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TF in nature emrson claims that he becomes part of god
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TF in nature emerson's egotism grows leaps and bounds
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TF thoreau spoke in defense of abolitonist terry mcclain
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TF thoreau wrote in concrete style testing what he beleived
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TF as part of transcendental protest thoreau refused to pay tax poll and is jailed
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Tf in self reliance he urges people to trust themselves
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TF according to self reliance greatest obstacle to self trust is society
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TF emerson refers to the source of virtue and life by using the following words instinct and intuition
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TF emerson exhorts human beings to strive for absolute consistency
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TF emerson was originally puritan minister
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TF emersons works are abstract
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TF emerson brought idea of trans back to USA from euro
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TF emerson was fountainhead of trans in USA
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TF emerson 1st author to call for independent expression in USA lit
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TF unitarianism rejected original sin and determinism
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TF trans beleived in goodness of man and glory nature
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TF utopian communities founded by unitarians
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TF unitarians believed in basic goodness and inate free will of man
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TF trans was vs rationalism all brain no spirit
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TF trans beleived man could reach god with statues
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TF unitarianism beleived in binary god
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TF thor advised people to follow intution
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TF thor lived in woods
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TF thor had high regard for high civilized live
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TF thor concluded woods live unsuccessful
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in nature emerson supports ...
trans
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central idea of self reliance
rely on instincts
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in self reliance emerson says trust
thyself
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emerson shows romanticism in reliance on
emotional truth
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which view of nature does emerson take
nature can inspire human spirit
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thor doesn't like working
hard
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thor is concerned with isolation from
humanity
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thor thinks living a simple life close to nature
lets a person concentrate on the essentials
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different drummer is
individualism
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thor wants to simplify his
life
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i hear US sing whitman doesnt say we are
music geniuses
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noisless spider compares
spider and speakers soul
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whitman didnt write in free verse to
imitate earlier poets he admired
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song of myself uses natural
candences of human speech
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whitman feels affectionate towards other
people
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song of myself links individual self to
universal self
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song of myself whitman begins writing
poetry
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song of myself singing is
individuality of americans in walks of life
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whitman believes that his observations
are universally shared
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barbaric yawp is
informality
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whitmans free verse doesn't use
rhyme
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noiseless patient spider uses what lit device
metaphor
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thoughts of life and death are prompted in
midst of war
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whitmans attitude towards nature
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dick's poem ... focuses on lesson from nature
slant light
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parting may be closest we come in life to understanding
death
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why is there a stillness in the room in fly buzz
they waiting for her death
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brain is infinitely
larger in understanding
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dick compares soul to
woman stays in her house
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death is a
polite gent
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central image in not stop for death
carriage ride
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life closed twice 3 closings refer to
2 deaths of loved ones and own death
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dick experiences what in luxury
separation from lover
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how many lines in wild nights have exact rhyme
4
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heart in port is
someone who found love
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wild nights is not written in
free verse
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wild nights subject of 2nd stanZA
found love
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wild nights futile winds
no desire to find new love
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TF whitman embraced idea of puritan ethic
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TF whitman pay tribute to workers in south america sings
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TF whitman uses rhyme scheme
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TF whitman experimented with sonnet
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TF poem appearing in leaves of grass with 52 stanzas was song of myself
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TF in line varied carols I hear one can see use of anastrophe
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TF whitman's leaves of grass failure
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TF dick didnt want recognition
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TF in mid 20s dick entered harvard
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TF dick used slant rhyme but no formal meter
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TF characteristic of dick us frequent use of rhyming couplets
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TF dick born in MA
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TF dick examines relation between everyday life and spirit
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TF poems of dick show she worried about friendship
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TF dick dressed in white
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TF dick only wrote 100 poems
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