context
How many stanzas is the poem?
seven stanzas.
what is a poetic device (examples)?
. Alliteration
. Juxtaposition
. imagery
Main meaning of the poem?
it describes the decimation of a riverbed and the crafting of the god Pan’s famous flute.
what is a syrinx?
a wood nymph
when was elizabeth born?
1806
how does the poem begin?
The poem begins with the speaker describing how the god Pan is in the river, searching for something. He is destroying the lilies and scaring off the dragonflies.
what is the rhyming scheme?
abaccb
what did Elizabeth frequently write about?
she frequently wrote about love and faith.
who is the main character of the poem?
great god pan
Her husband was?
Robert browning
when was the poem published?
1860
having river at the end of every second last verse
what is repetition?
what story is this poem based on (Describe)?
In the story on which this piece is based, the god is seeking out a reed that was once a woman he attempted to rape.
what is the great god pan the god of?
He is the god of the wild, flocks, and rustic music.
Was she an only child?
no.
how does the poem end?
The speaker concludes the poem by condemning Pan for his violence.
“great god” tearing out “a reed from the “deep cool bed of the river.
what is a metaphor?
what is the main lesson in this poem?
Wherever there is beauty, there may also be pain or destruction.
what did the sisters of the nymph turn her into to save her from pan?
Reeds of a riverbed
what caused her morbid mentality that she passed onto her poems?
her brother drowning in a river
what was the collection of poems that elizabeht first released called?
Poems Before Congress.
“The limpid water turbidly ran”
what is an oxymoron?
how is pan depicted in the poem?
He is usually depicted with the “hoofs of a goat” and the upper torso of a man.
why did pan cut the reeds?
to try to find the nymph
What poem was about her reluctance to marry?
sonnets from the Portuguese.