Unit 4
The Oak
"All his leaves Fall'n at length, Look, he stands Trunk and bough, Naked strength."
Meeting At Night
"And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears, Than the two hearts beating each to each!"
I Like To See It Lap The Miles
"And neigh like Boanerges- Then-punctual as a Star Stop-docile and omnipotent At its own stable door-"
Smells
"Camphor, turpentine, and tea, The balsam of a Christmas tree, These are whiffs of gramarye... A ship smells best of all to me!
A Lonely Pine Is Standing
"He dreams-dreams of a palm tree That far in the Eastern land, Languishes, lonely and drooping, Upon the burning sand."
The Story-Teller
"He talked, and as he talked Wallpaper came alive; Suddenly ghosts walked, and four doors were five;"
It Sifts From Leaden Sieves
"It makes an Even Face Of Mountain, and of Plain- Unbroken Forehead from the East Unto the East again-"
The Deserted House
"Life and thought have gone away Side by side, Leaving door and windows wide; Careless tenants they!"
simile
"Live thy life / Young and old,/ Like yon oak," is an example of what kind of comparison?
Heinrich Heine
Author of "A Lonely Pine Is Standing"
Emily Dickinson
Author of "I Like To See It Lap The Miles" and "It Sifts From Leaden Sieves"
Christopher Morley
Author of "Smells"
William Butler Yeats
Author of "The Folly Of Being Comforted"
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Author of "The Oak" and "The Deserted House"
Robert Frost
Author of "The Road Not Taken"
19th
Century in which Tennyson lived
Ireland
Country from which Yeats was from
Emily Dickinson's
Except for seven poems, whose poetry was not published until after her death?
America
From what country was Morley?
poison
How did Platero die?
ship
In "Smells," what does the author believe to be the best smell?
a life's changing seasons
In "The Oak," to what does Browning compare the oak?
a person
In the poem "The Deserted House,' the house is a metaphor for what?
19th
The century in which Dickinson lived
overstatement or hyperbole
The line "Calendars ran backward" is an example of what literary term?
personification
To say that a pine tree "sleeps" and "dreams" is an example of what kind of comparison?
America
What country was Dickinson from?
donkey
What is Platero?
train
What is the "it'" in "I Like To See It Lap The Miles?"
snow
What is the "it'" in "It Sifts from Leaden Sieves?"
contentment
What is the theme of "A Lonely Pine Is Standing?"
Idylls of the King
What is the title of Tennyson's series of poems based on King Arthur's legends?
In Memoriam
What is the title of the great elegy Tennyson wrote after the death of his friend?
the storyteller
Who is it that "makes the wallpaper come alive?"
Robert Browning
Who wrote "Meeting At Night?"
personification
a comparison in which human qualities are given to an inanimate object or an animal
apostrophe
addressing an inanimate object as if it were alive or addressing an absent person as if he were present
overstatement or hyperbole
exaggeration to emphasize a point
simile
expressed comparison of unlike things in which the words like, as, resembles, or similar to are used
metaphor
implied comparison in which one thing is described in terms of another
figurative languages
includes various types of comparisons (similes, metaphors, personification, apostrophes) as well as language used on more than one level
denotation
literal meaning
victorian
literary time period in which Tennyson wrote
symbol
something that has meaning in itself but also represents something beyond itself
Connotation
suggested meaning or association
imagery
use of words which appeal to our senses