Poets!
The side of the war Walt Whitman fought on
What is The Union?
The name of the fighter who stayed to help Beowulf and became king of the Geats
Who is Wiglaf?
The feeling associated with an elegy
What is mourning?
Explain the extended metaphor in "O Captain, My Captain" being sure to explain who the captain is, what the ship is, and what the ship's journey/dangers were.
What were standing in for Abraham Lincoln, standing in for America, and standing in for the conflict of The Civil War?
The cenury Beowulf takes place in
What is the sixth century?
The name of the author of Beowulf
Who is we don't know?
The name of the city in which Casey at the Bat takes place.
What is Mudville?
The literary movement that believed human beings were in control of their destinies and accomplished important things on their own.
What is Humanism?
Using either Beowulf or what we do/don't know about Shakespeare's sonnets, why is writing things down important for early history.
What is the fact that things that are not written down (like Shakespeare's instructions/purpose in his sonnets) get forgotten while things that are written down like Beowulf are remembered.
The definition hyperbole
What is exaggeration for dramatic effect?
The number of sonnets William Shakespeare wrote/had published
What is 154?
What is his father?
The two requirements for a sonnet (any kind).
What are 14 lines and a consistent rhyme scheme?
List one reason "O Captain, My Captain" is a humanist poem.
What is the emphasis it places on the captain's relationship with the narrator or how the captain is fully credited with the victory?
The name of the 13th century poet who popularized sonnets before Shakespeare
Who is Francisco Petrarch?
Walt Whitman's poetic nickname
What is the father of free verse?
What makes Casey's strikeout very frustrating to the reader.
What is his not swinging at the first two pitches?
The requirements to make an epic poem
What is a lengthy narrative work of poetry?
Explain the difference between a mock epic and an epic. Use Casey at the Bat and Beowulf as examples in your comparison.
What is both have a serious tone, but while an epic has a serious subject matter a mock epic has a silly one? Beowulf has a more serious subject, by fighting a dragon, than Casey does in his baseball game?
The name of the king who called Beowulf for help
Who is Hrothgar?
The name of the man who made "Casey at the Bat" famous. Hint: 4 words.
Who is William de Wolf Hopper?
The order of monsters Beowulf fought.
What is Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon?
Explain what makes pentameter and what makes something iambic
What is ten syllables (broken into five feet) and stress being found on the second syllable?
List out the steps of a TP-CASTT Sheet
What are: Title, Paraphrase, Connotation, Attitude, Shifts, Title, Theme?
How Shakespearean sonnets are grouped
What are three quatrains and one couplet?