Poem Vocabulary
The meaning of "fancy" in this context:
"Whereby I learn that grievous is the game
Which follows fancy dazzled by desire"
What is a feeling of liking or attraction?
The most prominent rhetorical device in this excerpt:
"Whereby I learn that grievous is the game,
Which follows fancy dazzled by desire”
What is alliteration?
The author of Frankenstein
What is Mary Shelley?
The emotional quality of a passage or the perceived attitude of a speaker towards a thing or idea in the text.
What is tone?
The college that Mrs. Robinson studied at
What is Oxford?
The meaning of " 'ticed" in this context:
"The mouse which once hath broken out of trap
Is seldom ’ticèd with the trustless bait"
What is attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage?
A singular line of alliteration in the poem.
(Double points if you say it 5x fast)
What is "because your blazing eyes my bale have bred"?
The country that Hamlet was prince of
What is Denmark?
The author's choice of words based on their exact or connotative meaning for effect.
What is diction?
The number of cats Mrs. Robinson has
What is 2?
The meaning of "aloof" in this context:
"But lies aloof for fear of more mishap,
And feedeth still in doubt of deep deceit."
What is conspicuously uninvolved and uninterested?
The most prominent rhetorical device in this excerpt, in the context of the poem:
"The scorchèd fly, which once hath ’scaped the flame,
Will hardly come to play again with fire,"
What is a metaphor?
The name of Victor Frankenstein's childhood male friend
What is Henry Clerval?
What a word suggests beyond its denotative (precise or dictionary) meaning, including social or emotional connections.
What is connotation?
The color of Mrs. Robinson's hair before it was her signature red
What is platinum blonde?
The meaning of "bale" in this context:
"So that I wink or else hold down my head,
Because your blazing eyes my bale have bred."
What is suffering, misery, or torment?
The poetic device used in this context:
"The mouse which once hath broken out of trap
Is seldom ’ticèd with the trustless bait,"
What is enjambment?
What is Johnny Taylor?
A clever little story; a short account of an interesting situation relevant to the text and used as example.
What is an anecdote?
The names of Mrs. Robinson's cats
What is Kit and Kat?
The meaning of "louring" in this context:
"You must not wonder, though you think it strange,
To see me hold my louring head so low,"
What is gloomy or sorrowful?
The rhetoric device used in this context:
"And that mine eyes take no delight to range"
What is personification?
The name of Janie's best friend from Their Eyes Were Watching God
What is Phoeby?
A moment of insight, spiritual or personal; a character's sudden revelation about life or his or her own circumstances.
What is an epiphany?
The class that Mrs. Robinson failed in her freshman year of college
What is English class?