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