from King Midas
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
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)
