from King Midas

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couplet

2 line stanza

tercet

3 line stanza

quatrain

4 line stanza

sestet

6 line stanza

octave

8 line stanza

In "The Princess's Song" section of the selection from "King Midas," what is the Princess most clearly pleased with?

Aspects of the world of nature

What has happened to the pets in the king's household?

Cat is a sculpture and dog is dead = turned to gold

"I would rather be blind than see this world"

He finally sees it as a curse

As expressed in the selection from "King Midas." How does Midas feel about all of his wealth?

He has come to hate it.

Why does Midas tell the princess and Queen to keep away from him?

He wants to make sure they do not turn into gold.

Rhyme

Repetition of sounds at the end of words

Which words best describe the attitude or feelings that the Queen expresses in the selection from "King Midas"?

Sarcastic and Unhappy

"I am a tree" meaning

She is describing herself as a tree instead of the golden statue

tone of the princess's song

Shes the victim and tries to warn others so they're not trees in the future

What major idea is most clearly conveyed by the three speakers in the selection from "King Midas"?

The pursuit of wealth can lead to unhappiness.

poetic structure

The way in which a poet organizes a poem

exact rhyme

Use of identical sounds (love and dove)

rhyme scheme

a regular pattern of end rhymes

Ore

any type of mmineral, rock, or metal found in the earth

Meter

arrangement of stressed (`) and unstressed (^) syllables

foot

basic meter unit; consists of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables

At the end of "The Kings Speech," what request does Midas make to the god that gave him the golden touch?

change him back to clay

theme

chasing after gold and wealth is foolish

duration

continuance

enjambment

continuation of a sentance past a line break

endure

continue

durable

exhisting along time

Mail

flexible armor

Stanza

group of lines, usually separated from other stanzas by space

-dur

hard, strong, or lasting

How does the queen view Midas and his wish?

he became a fool

What causes the palace clocks to stop at the beginning of the poem?

he flicked them and they turned to gold

"it was I who made their lively muscles stiff"

he is now a murderer

What orders does the queen give to her gardeners and huntsman?

kill all natural things except those that are naturally gold

iamb

one unstressed syllable followed by a stresssed syllable

Words or phrases that describe Midas?

pointless, rich, useless, greedy, depressed, despare

end ryhme

rhyming words at the end of lines

"My bread's too rich"

rich was used to describe quality but now it descrives value

tone of the queens speech

sacrastic about foolishness as she watches it

tone of the kings speech

sadness, despare, regret

"They say that veins of gold lie underground. Beware, explorers, of the spoil you find"

she warns others about the riches

Obdurate

stubborn; unyielding

slant rhyme

use of similar sounds that do not match perfectly (prove and glove)


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