English 12 Final

--ballad=tells a story --he's angry with his friend, confronts him, and is no longer angry --he's angry at his enemy and won't forgive him --anger blossoms into an apple and the enemy dies eating it

"A Poison Tree"

--funeral for Miss Emily Grierson --town stopped billing her taxes --30 years ago, there was a bad smell at her place (2 years after her father died and after her lover left her) --didn't admit her dad's death for 3 days --begins dating Homer Barron even though the town disapproves of the affair --Emily is seen buying arsenic at the drugstore and the town thinks she is going to kill herself --they find Homer's corpse and an iron-gray hair --5 adjectives describe generations

"A Rose for Emily"

--Phoenix (symbol of Resurrection, eternity) Jackson encounters animals and rough terrain --black dog knocks her over and young hunter helps her up --makes it to town during xmas and asks someone to tie her shoes --nurse recognizes her as grandma who's grandson drank lye --she will buy him a paper windmill along w the medicine --perseverance

"A Worn Path"

--3 girls in bathing suits come into the store --Sammy is attracted to them --"Queenie" buys a jar of "Kingfish Fancy Herring Snacks in Pure Sour Cream" --the manager, Lengel tells them off --Sammy quits --justice, impulsive decisions --wolf vs sheep

"A&P"

--guy is tired of picking apples (on ladder) --looked at a bunch of grass through a sheet of ice and thinks the world is melting --he might be falling asleep --if an apple falls it has to be made into cider (worthless) --he wonders if these thoughts will appear in his human sleep or will be like the hibernation of a woodchuck --wants to give up because he can't be perfect

"After Apple Picking"

--Jar placed in the Tennessee wilderness --It takes over and the wilderness is ruled by it

"Anecdote of the Jar"

--Angelle's father and his girlfriend Marcy get drunk --they make Angelle, who is 12 drive --the lawyer Mr. Apodaca tries to get her to lie' --she tells the truth

"Balto"

--narrator's wife used to work for a blind man named Robert, who lost his wife Beulah --they've communicated with video tapes for 10 years and she got divorced and attempted suicide --the eat dinner and smoke a joint --while the wife sleeps, the men draw a Cathedral together

"Cathedral"

--old men at the ends of their lives should resist death as strongly as they can --his father is dying --villanelle: ABA, iambic pentameter

"Do not go gentle into that good night"

--downward spiral of human life (Adam causes sickness, shame, and sin) vs Easter Resurrection victory --Comparing himself to larks and hawks, he acknowledges his own sinful weakness but cheerfully looks forward to better days --alliteration

"Easter-Wings"

--helpful, nice, clingy, naive, innocent, currious --tries to touch stars with pole --followed "the experiment" --names creatures --discovers fire, fear --loves him because he is masculine --"Wheresoever she was, There was Eden.

"Eve's Diary"

--wants space, annoyed, not creative, not bright, doesn't talk, survival/food --"the new creature is in the way", she has taken up with the snake --we have named it Cain (fish), then Abel --"Blessed be the chestnut that brought us near together and taught me to know the goodness of her heart..."

"Excerpts from Adam's Diary"

--some people think the world will end in fire, others in ice --passionate or "hot" emotions like love and lust would probably have the power to turn the earth into a big fireball --colder emotions like hate have great destructive power

"Fire and Ice"

--African American neighborhood in Manhattan-- --Does a dream deferred dry up, fester, rot, crust, sag, explode? --not acting on dreams=bad

"Harlem"

--something is amiss in the countryside (doesn't like walls, going against nature) --he and neighbor must fix place where wall breaks --neighbor, who looks live a caveman says, "Good fences make good neighbors" --barriers create separation --blindly sticking to tradition=bad

"Mending Wall"

--the baby is born and begins screaming --watching the baby in bed is like watching the statue in an art museum --mother in a victorian nightgown rushes out when baby cries --baby coos, vowels flying up like balloons --becomes more attached --man vs nature (fat gold watch)

"Morning Song"

--Daddy's had too much whisky --Boy's ear scrapes against buckle --He's keeping time on the boy's head

"My Papa's Waltz"

--people turn their backs to the land (civilization) and stare at the sea all day --the land varies more, but people still look at the sea --people can't look at the bigger picture

"Neither Far Out Nor Deep"

--during spring, nature is first gold, then green --leaves start out as golden flower buds but they become leaves --dawn to day is like the fall of the garden of Eden --temporary makes things more special

"Nothing Gold Can Stay"

--things are meant to be lost...like keys or time --this helps you to cope with bigger loss --lose to rivers, a continent, you --Villanelle

"One Art"

--she dislikes it at first too, but that's because we cannot admire what we cannot understand --if you take the time, you have interest

"Poetry"

--gentleman who is admired by the town --rich, modestly dressed --shoots himself in the head

"Richard Cory"

--the speaker asks for quiet and to bring out the coffin --he asks the airplanes to write "He is Dead" across the sky --doves should wear white necks and policemen black gloves ---he was my N, S, E, W --"I thought love would last forever" --He doesn't want to see the stars, the moon, or the sun. He doesn't want to see the ocean or the forest

"Stop All the Clocks"

--speaker, who is riding horseback, is trespassing in the woods --the horse must think it's strange they're stopping in the middle of nowhere (between woods and frozen lake) --they better get going because he has a lot to do before they sleep

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

--imagery of the sea that's holding the Titanic deep at the bottom --fish and sea worms aren't impressed --Titanic grew at the same time as the iceberg --collide w tragic circumstances --fate, wealth, opposing forces

"The Convergence of the Twain"

--Cigars and ice cream are being prepared for a wake --wenches are hanging out and boys bringing flowers --woman has ugly feet, used to sew, and dresser is missing knobs

"The Emperor of Ice Cream

--2 deaf mutes are best friends --Mick Kelly, Jake Blount, Dr. Copeland, and Biff Brannon love John Singer --Singer loves Antonapolous

"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"

--Meet Prufrock...take a walk with him through the foggy city (fog resembles a cat) --best sights, including the "one-night cheap hotels" and "sawdust restaurants --women are talking about the famous Renaissance painter Michelangelo" --he's about to tell someone something really important, but then he didn't (nervous) --at least he's sharp looking...well his clothes are --he has plenty of time --he wishes he were a crab --he doesn't worry about the important thing, but about whether he should eat a peach or role up his pants --he likes the ocean...we are sleeping at the bottom..but then we wake up and are drowned --insecure, "would it have been worth it?", misunderstandings

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

--Carl Tiflin gives his son Jody a red pony colt (Gabilan Mountains) --Billy Buck was a fine hand with horses --It rains and the horse gets sick --Billy can't save him --Jody kills the buzzard --coming of age, trying to erase death, suffering

"The Red Pony"

--concrete poem --life=chickens and rain --wheelbarrow=work necessary to live

"The Red Wheelbarrow"

--speaker comes to a fork in the road (it's fall) --wishes he could go both ways --looks down one road and takes the other --he thinks the one he's chose is not as worn but they are really the same --plans to come back but realizes he probably won't (life-changing decision)

"The Road Not Taken"

--Harry, a writer, and his wife, Helen, are stranded while on safari in Africa --dreams that the rescue plane is taking him to a snow covered summit of Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa (House of God) --leopard: searching for something higher --$ is a distraction --Harry has high aspirations but makes excuses --metanarrative=story about a story

"The Snows of Kilimanjaro"

--Jim was bad...always stealing, becomes drunk and abusive, didn't get struck my lightning...lived a charmed life

"The Story of the Bad Little Boy"

--Jacob Blivens wouldn't lie, went to Sunday school, but everything ends in catastrophe --sees children picking on dogs, tries to take the blame --factory explodes, sending him into little pieces in the air

"The Story of the Good Little Boy"

--don't be oblivious to others' sufferings --spirits who disapproved were given an angry warning --stranger bears message from God --by praying for victory, you are praying for someone else's defeat

"The War Prayer"

--ate plums --sorry not sorry --Found poem=author found a poem already written and makes a poem out of it --forgiveness, misdeeds --choices negatively impacting others --Adam and Eve

"This Is Just to Say"

--Dexter Green is a 14 yo caddy and is in love with Judy Jones --makes a ton of money at a laundry business --they meet again and she says a guy she really liked turned out to be poor --he gets engaged to Irene Scheerer, a nice (but slightly less attractive) girl with a friendly, welcoming family --when Judy returns, has an affair on Irene --goes to war --Judy SIMMS: her husband drinks and cheats on her and she is no longer beautiful

"Winter Dreams"

Wrote "Morning Song"

Sylvia Plath

Wrote "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"

Carson McCullers

--Novelist and playwright from GA but lived in NY --aspired to be a musician --sickly child --she and husband were both writers, alcoholics, and bisexual (divorced and remarried) --1st novel published at 23 --2nd stroke left her paralyzed on one side --tried to commit suicide --husband wanted them to commit mutual suicide; he overdosed in sleeping pills

Carson McCullers (Lola Carson Smith)

Wrote "Do not go gentle into that good night"

Dylan Thomas

Wrote "Richard Cory"

Edwin Arlington Robinson

Wrote "One Art"

Elizabeth Bishop

--American novelist and short story writer -fiction, nonfiction, and short stories -skipped college to work newspaper --served in WWI as ambulance driver --1st novel published thanks to Fitzgerald ----chased adventure: bullfighting, hunting, fishing --Married 4X to 4 different women --alcoholism, anxiety, and mental illness --committed suicide by shotgun blast to head --rival with Faulkner

Ernest Hemingway

Wrote "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"

Ernest Hemingway

Wrote "A Worn Path"

Eudora Welty

--American novelist and short story writer --born in St. Paul, MN --Attended Princeton but dropped out and joined army --fell in love with Zeldo Sayre at camp in AL --refused to commit until he proved he could support her--lived extravagant life -ex-patriot (France) --dies of heart attack thinking he's a failure

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wrote "Winter Dreams"

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wrote "Easter-Wings"

George Hebert

--Born in Salinas CA, a farm town --First success-Tortilla Flat --Wins Pulitzer Prize for "Grapes of Wrath" and Novel Prize for Literature --published over 2 dozen novels or short stories --themes of depression, destitute in society

John Steinbeck

Wrote "The Red Pony"

John Steinbeck

Wrote "A&P"

John Updike

Wrote "Harlem"

Langston Hughes

Wrote "Poetry"

Marianne Moore

Wrote "Eve's Diary"

Mark Twain

Wrote "Excerpts from Adam's Diary"

Mark Twain

Wrote "The Story of the Bad Little Boy"

Mark Twain

Wrote "The Story of the Good Little Boy"

Mark Twain

Wrote "The War Prayer"

Mark Twain

--greatest and most influential American writer of all time --works based on small town of Hannibal, Missouri --steamboat captain --moved west to search for gold --married Livy Langdon --3 of 4 children and wife died --Loses memory, becomes bitter and angry

Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)

Wrote "Cathedral"

Raymond Carver

--born in San Fran, but moved to New England after dad's death (back to U.S. after WWI) --one of greatest American poets, popular and critically respected --showered with awards, died national icon (over 40 honorary degrees) --Poet laureate of VT --married Elinor White --attended Dartmouth and Harvard (left because sick and wife's pregnancy), taught at colleges --tried farming --2 children die of influenza --spoke at JFK's inauguration --died in Boston: "I have a lover's quarrel with the world"

Robert Frost

Wrote "After Apple Picking"

Robert Frost

Wrote "Fire and Ice"

Robert Frost

Wrote "Mending Wall"

Robert Frost

Wrote "Neither Far Out Nor In Deep"

Robert Frost

Wrote "Nothing Gold Can Stay"

Robert Frost

Wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

Robert Frost

Wrote "The Road Not Taken"

Robert Frost

Wrote "Balto"

T.C. Boyle

--American poet but liked Britain better --renounced American citizenship --believed life was complicated and therefore poetry should be as well --includes many allusions -pretention (stuck up)

T.S. Eliot

Wrote "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

T.S. Eliot

Wrote "A Poison Tree"

William Blake

--American poet, wanted to break away from British --writer and medical doctor in NJ --straightforward language --influenced by art --"The Poet Society of America" gives an award in his name

William Carlos Williams

Wrote "The Red Wheelbarrow"

William Carlos Williams

Wrote "This Is Just to Say"

William Carlos Williams

Wrote "My Papa's Waltz"

Theodore Roethke

--American novelist, short story, writer and poet --born and raised in Mississippi --high-school drop out --turns to screenwriting ($$$) --scholarship outpaces Shakespeare's --Southern, Gothic themes (Yoknapatawhpha) -rival with Hemmingway

William Faulkner

Wrote "A Rose for Emily"

William Faulkner

Wrote "The Convergence of the Twain"

Thomas Hardy

--19 line poem with two rhymes throughout --5 tercets and a quatrain --10 or 11 syllables each

Villanelle

Wrote "Stop All the Clocks"

W.H. Auden

Wrote "Anecdote of the Jar"

Wallace Stevens

Wrote "The Emperor of Ice Cream"

Wallace Stevens