Vocabulary and Literary Terms
What is gothicism or dark romanticism?
Someone who looks to nature as a teacher, practices non-conformity, and advocates for human rights and equality.
What is a transcendentalist?
He wrote, "Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" / Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore".
Peace Street, Progress Street, Hope Street, Freedom Street, Social Street, and Union Street.
What are streets in Hopedale?
A Romantic poet widely known as "the father of free verse."
Who is Whitman?
He is considered the first American writer of horror.
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
In his essay titled Self-Reliance, Emerson asserts imitation is this...
What is suicide?
He wrote, "Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string."
Who is Emerson?
They were good pals, even allowing one to live rent free on the other's land!
Who were Emerson and Thoreau?
"weak and weary," "nodded, nearly napping," "surcease of sorrow," "silken, sad, uncertain," and "flirt and flutter" are all examples of this type of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
It is the theme of the poem "The Raven."
Grief can drive someone to madness.
What is "deliberately as nature"?
He wrote, "Let us live as deliberately as nature"
Who is Thoreau
It means "meditation on death."
What is Thanatopsis?
It is a short, wise saying such as, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
What is an aphorism?
The number of rooms in the "Masque of the Red Death" going from east to west.
What is 7?
He stepped in for the former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass when Douglass was prevented from speaking at an anti-slavery protest.
Who is Thoreau?
He cautioned people to "Be not like dumb, driven cattle!" in his poem "Psalm of Life."
Who is Longfellow?
Who is Adin Ballou?
This eerie allegory, published in 1842, makes frightening statement about power and privilege.
What is "The Masque of the Red Death" ?
You can be sure, the raven will always answer you, but do not be sure you will avoid this answer.
What is "nevermore"?
Intuition, individualism, inspiration, imagination, and idealism
What are the five I's of Romanticism?
Emerson
This teacher puts Emerson and Thoreau's words into practice when she travels in her camper each summer.
Who is Ms. Mazzola?