To A Waterfowl/ Thanatopsis
Q: What time of day is it in the first three stanzas of "To a Waterfowl"?
A: What is evening or twilight?
Q: What is the tone of “Concord Hymn”?
A: What is reverent or patriotic?
Q: What feeling is expressed about plans for the ship in “Old Ironsides”?
A: What is outrage or protest?
Q: Why did Thoreau go to live at Walden Pond?
A: What is to live deliberately and simply?
Q: This poet and journalist was considered one of the founders of American Romanticism and is known for his nature-inspired poems like Thanatopsis.
A: Who is William Cullen Bryant?
Q: How should people view death, according to Thanatopsis?
A: What is calmly or as a natural part of life?
Q: What does the phrase "embattled farmers" suggest in “Concord Hymn”?
A: What is that the colonists were willing to fight for freedom?
Q: What does the final stanza of “Old Ironsides” focus on?
Q: What does the final stanza of “Old Ironsides” focus on?
Q: How does Thoreau describe newspapers and letter-writing in Walden?
A: What is as distractions or unnecessary?
Q: This transcendentalist was once a Unitarian minister and delivered the famous “American Scholar” address at Harvard.
A: Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
Q: What does the phrase "the great tomb of man" refer to?
A: What is the Earth?
Q: In Concord Hymn, what battle is Emerson talking about?
A: What is the Battle of Concord, the start of the American Revolution?
Q: What is the “eagle of the sea” in “Old Ironsides”?
A: What is the ship itself?
Q: According to Thoreau, when is government most helpful?
A: What is when it governs the least?
Q: This author of Walden once spent a night in jail for refusing to pay taxes that supported slavery and the Mexican-American War.
A: Who is Henry David Thoreau?
Q: Where does the speaker imagine the bird's journey will end in To a Waterfowl.
A: What is a quiet resting place or a safe haven?
Q: In “Self-Reliance,” where does genius come from?
A: What is believing in your own thoughts?
Q: What does Holmes compare the nautilus to in “The Chambered Nautilus”?
A: What is the human soul growing and becoming better over time?
Q: What does Thoreau mean when he says, “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”?
A: What is that most people are unhappy and stuck in routines they don’t question?
Q: This Fireside Poet wrote Old Ironsides to protest the destruction of a historic warship.
A: Who is Oliver Wendell Holmes?
Q: In line 14, when does the speaker suggest people should turn to nature in Thanatopiss?
A: What is when they are sad or depressed?
Q: What does society encourage people to do, according to Emerson in “Self-Reliance”?
A: What is conformity?
Q: What is the main lesson of “The Chambered Nautilus”?
A: What is to grow spiritually and build a better life, just like the nautilus builds new chambers?
Q: Thoreau frequently uses imagery of nature in Walden. How does his depiction of the changing seasons reflect his philosophical views?
A: What is that the cycles of nature mirror the cycles of human life and growth, encouraging simplicity, self-reliance, and spiritual renewal?
Q: Though he was a physician and teacher, this author also wrote reflective and symbolic poems such as The Chambered Nautilus, which explores spiritual growth.
A: Who is Oliver Wendell Holmes