Dickinson/Cowper/Twain
"Did you admire my lamp," quoth he,
"As much as I your minstrelsy,
The university where he taught
What is Yale University
His greatest passions were politics and poetry
Who is Edmund Waller
This author was the first to use an African American dialect
Who is Langston Hughes
These are the 3 metaphors John's opening chapter begins with
What are "the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
From a convenient grass--
Who is "Emily Dickinson" ("A Bird Came Down the Walk)
This was the reason he left his home country
What is because he disagreed with Communism
These were Kenneth Roberts' two greatest passions
What were history and New England battles
This author used his poetry as devotional poetry
Who is George Herbert
"I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness" is an example of this literary device
What is Synecdoche
This author was a recluse.
Who is Emily Dickinson
His other job besides writing and teaching
What is an arachnologist
This poem's metaphor compares death to the threshold of a new home
"Mother to Son" is an example of this literary device
"He that cometh after me is preferred before me;" is an example of what literary device
What is Paradox
"He cocked his head to one side, shut one eye and put the other one to the hole, like a possum looking down a jug;"
Who is Mark Twain
This is the type of wasp he observed in his essay
What is a Pepsis wasp
What is Kenneth Roberts
This Herbert poem reads "He is a brittle crazy glass"
What is "The Windows"
"Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man" is an allusion to this specific Old Testament object
What is Jacob's Ladder (Genesis)
This person came in with Halley's Comet and went out with it too
Who is Mark Twain
This is the type of spider he observed in his essay
What is a tarantula
This is the author of Northwest Passage
Who is Kenneth Roberts
Hughes' musical verse rhythms infused with the jazz spirit represents this rebirth
What is the Harlem Renaissance
This is the chapter from John which you read in class
What is John 1