English Sem 2 final

cite examples of lines that contribute to the mournful tone of the darkling thrush

"an aged thrush, frail, gaunt, and small"

5 traits of metaphysical poetry

1) simple conversational vocabulary, but complex sentence patterns, 2) metaphysical conceits-type of extended metaphor comparing very dissimilar things 3) paradoxes-statesments that contradict themselves 4)disruptions of poetic meter 5) witty and imaginative plays on words

why must a prince know how to act like a beast

a beast's great force is oftern required in fighting

how do lines 5-8 of the chimney sweeper from innocence symbolize the loss of innocence

a child is being foreced to be a worker while he is still young and the speaker is comforting him because he had once been in his position as a child

in a valediction love is compared to

a compass with one lover remaining stationary and the other revolving around his or her stability

satire

a literary technique in which people's behavior or society's institutions are ridiculed for the purpoe of bringing about social reforms

what word best descrives Gulliver's overall actions toward the lilliputians

aggreeable

personification

an expression in which human qualities are attributed to an object and animal or an idea

in tintern abbey what do the speaker's different reactions to the same site suggest about the way people change as they age

as people age they mature and enjoy life on a deeper level as opposed to the boyish pleasures

what is the king of brobdingnag's overall reaction to the state of british afaris that gulliver shares with him

astonishment at the number of wars

what is the occupation of most Irish mothers

beggars

in a valediction the speaker is

comforting his wife because he is leaving to go to grance, he urges his wife not to mourn absence because their love is strong enough to endure

Juvenalian satire

darker, biting style

what does the iambic pentameter in line 14 emphasize

desertless and isolation

metaphysical poetry was primarily

devotional and often mystical in content

what effect does the sight of the night sky full of stars and clouds have on the speaker in when I have fears..?

effect of quitting on the speaker

the author most likely describes gulliver's fight with the wasps to

enterain you with a humourous idea

what do the conffins of black symbolize in line 12 of the chimney sweeper from innocence

entrapment

what examples does machiavelli give from history to back up these claims

events in romagna and pistoia to support the claim that mercifulness is dangerous when used at the wrong time. hannibal's inhuman cruelty arose no disagreement-good or bad-against the prince

what is the mariner's reaction to the ship

excitement

what does the speaker admire in likes 13-28 of she walks in beauty

face tells of good deeds, her peaceful mind, and her loving heart

what is meant when the speaker of rememberance says while the worlds tide is bearing me along

figurative language suggests forgetting as a result of living from day to day

what do death and life in death gamble for in the rime of the ancient mariner

gambling with dice for the Ancient Mariner's soul, and Life-in-Death won

horatian satire

gentle, playful, and sympathetic

what idea is the speaker of to an athlete dying goung conveying with lines 11-12

glory fades quickly

what did the creator use to create the tiger and what does it suggest

hammer, chain, furnance, anvil, clasp and it suggest that he is so monsterous that you need tools to create him

what does the speaker realized by the end of the poem when I consider how my light is spent

he accepts his blindness is God's will. his wrriting career may have been taken early, but he accepts the fact that it is God's will and as a result he is serving God

what do the long grey beard and glittering eyes in line 3 suggest about the mariner

he compels him to stay and listen with beard and eyes

why did the father in the chimney sweeper from innocence sell the little boy

he couldn't handle the responsibility of a child without a mother and he needed money

what torments the mariner for a week in part IV of the rime of the ancient mariner

he couldn't pray and he is cursed with the inability to die

how does swifts propostion in a modest proposal appeal to the richer class

he describes the recipes that tavern keepers will create

what does the loss of the nest cost the mouse

he doesn't have a place for the went, and his plans fell through, but he lives in the present no the past or the future

what statement about God does pied beauty make

he is unchanging

how does the author use satire in this excerpt: "these children are seldom the fruits of marriage, a circumstance not much regarded by our own savages."

he makes fun of the instution of marriage

what is swift's proposal and what is his motive

he proposes we eat the babies at a year old they are sold and consumed as food that way parents make money and no one is starving his motive is the good of the country

how does swift support his propostiton in a modest proposal

he says using poor irish children will increase in material for gloves, Irish will benefit from his plan by calculating the average rate of profit to mothers per child, tenants will now have something valuable which will help landlords

how does swift use irony to satirize anti-catholic feelings

he suggest the infant flesh will be more plentiful in march

where did machiavelli get his information for his writing

he uses history and past leaders as a way to form his point

what does the mariner's spring of love cause

he was able to pray

what is the speaker referring to when he speaks of "that tender light" in she walks in beauty

her appearance being like dark and bright

what does the church in the chimney sweeper from experience symbolize

hope and peace

events at romagna and pistoia

in romagna military leader Cesare Borgia used cruelity and violence to bring population into line. in pistoia machiavelli underr direction of florentine authrtorities investigated, but those authroties feared intervening and the two rival factions in Pistoia hacked on another to death

metaphysical poetry used

intellect logic and even argument to explore abstract concepts such as love and nature of death

what is the mariner's reaction to being the only survivor of the tragic voyage

isolated and in agony and carries a lot of guily

what happens when rulers ignore reality in the prince

it brings about their own ruin

what takes place at the chasm in kubla khan

it cut down a field of trees

what is the main idea of when I consider how my light is spent

it expresses his frustration of having his writing career shortened by blindness, he doesn't know how to serve God with his blindness

what can't the mouse build a new nest

it is almost winter

what is the setting of tintern abbey

it is the landscape the speaker first visited 5 years before and is now there with his sister

what is swift satirizing with his description of rope dancing in gullivers travels

it represents the whig party and the political manuverings they will use. swift believes it is all a diversion because some men aren't qualified

what surprises the speaker about the pleasure dome in kubla khan

it was a magnificently built building

in what condition is the statue in ozymandias

its a massive statue in ruins

what surprises the speaker about the pleasure dome in kubla khan

its a miracle due to the caves of ice

the first stanza of the lamb suggest the lamb has everthing it needs invluding what

life, food, clothing, a tender voice

what has man's dominion broken in to a mouse

nature's social union

why does the auther of the prince believe it is good for a prince to have vices

no one has only good qualities so vices must be accepted becasue they are part of human nature

swifts refusal to listen to other, rational ideas, shows that

other ideas have been ignored and the problem is now of vital importance

why is love for a prince unreliable

people love a prince when it serves their needs

what is the most important trait for a prince to have

religion

list the claims that machiavelli makes in his essay

rulers bring about own ruin when ignore reality, it is safter to be feared than loevd, should avoid taking awak property, religion is most important attribute,act like a beast when fighting, be both a fox and a lion, end justrifies the means, necessary to keep an army united and comited to its duty, 2 methods of fighting: law and forece, people are inheritnetly evil and have flaws

inverted syntax

sentence structure in which the expected order of words is reversed

what happened to the previous duchess in my last duchess

she died under the command of the duke

what is the first clue of the lady's growing uneasiness with her situation in the lady of shallot

she saw the married couple

in what way do the water snakes contrast with the mariner's dead crewmates

snake is beatufiul and alive

what do the listeners want to perform a ritual around the speaker in kubla khan

so he could remember his story

why does the author stress the king of Brobdingnag's intelligence

so that the readers will agree with the king that england's gov't is flawed

what is the speaker willing to give the mouse

some corn

how have people throughout time reacted to the prince

some find his idea outrageous, and other use it as a model of how to be a leader

what one thing should a prince avoid doing to his people

taking away their property

how does ulysees feel about telemachus in ulysses

telemachus will lead well but he is not like ulysses

how will swift's plan benefit the landlords

tenants will now have somethign valuable

what does the wedding guest fear of the acient mariner

that he is a ghost

in when I have fears... what does the speaker mean when he says till love and fame to nothingness do sink

that love dies after death

how are the people of brobdingnag different from the people of lilliput

the brobdingnagians are larger than gulliver

what two items in my last duchess reveal that the speaker regards himself as all powerful

the curtain covering the painting and and when he gave the gift of a900 year old name to his duchess

metaphysical poetry rejected

the highly ornamented style of late elizabethan lyric poetry

what two good things happen after the albatross appears

the ice is gone and you can stear, good south wind blows ship north

what is swift trying to convey in his work gullivers travels

the idea of perspective

what quality in the woman's appearance creates the nameless grace in she walks in beauty

the light in her eyes

what does the mediteranean sea dream of all summer about in ode to the west wind

the palaces and towers that disturb the surface of the water and the depths

what is the main theme of ode on a grecian urn

the power of art to define time, images on urn are frozen in time forever

what do the questions in lines 5-8 of the typer suggest

the power of the creator

who knows about the lady of shalott

the reapers because they hear her sing

what is strange about the ship that the sailors see during their journey

the ship is moving without any wind

why does the speaker connect with sophocles in dover beach

the speaker says that sophocles heard the same sounds from the sea that the speaker hears

why will the spirit of land of mist and snow continue to torment the mariner

the spirit loved the bird that the mariner killed

what idea do both chimney sweeper poems suggest

the struggle poverish children have to face

explain lines 5-6 of sonnet 43

the sun and the candelight are metaphors for day and night

what happens to the walls of the mouse's nest

the wind blew them down

why are boys not a good replacement for venison in a modest proposal

their meat is too tough

what is machiavelli's perspective on other writers

their work is about imaginary places which makes other writers usless

what weather conditions do the sailors endure on the trip in the rime of the ancient mariner how do these conditions affect them physically

they have horrible storms and lack of winds, it leaves them stranded and they die because of thirst and hunger

why were the boys able to play in the green plain

they were in a dream

what is the subject of the lamb

this poem is about how the speaker tells the lamb his creater is God. it explains how a higher power created somethign. the lamb, speaker, and god are all related becasue they are all meek, mild, and innocent, so blake is suggesting they are all of the same spirit

some contrasts in a valediction are

virtuous men pass quietly and mildly but some of their friends voice uncertainty, earthquakes with movments of heavenly bodies, while heavenly bodies sounds dangerous their rotation and revolution cause no harm on earth

what knowledge does the speaker in the lamb have that the speak in the tiger seeks

who his creator is

what do the questions in lines 5-8 of he tyger suggest

who would have been the creator to make such a horrible creature

what quality does the speaker of when i was one and twenty possess now that he is older

wisdom about love that was gained through direct experience

archaic language

words that were once in common use but are now considered old fashioned

what is the main idea of the world is too much with us

worldly concerns are too important to us, human and nature are alienated