Early Romanticism
In the following line from "Thanatopsis", what does the narrow house refer to?
"And breathless darkness, and the narrow house"
a coffin
According to "Nature" by Emerson, what would happen if the stars shone for only one night in a thousand years?
Peopla would not take them for granted.
What type of figurative language is the following phrase?
dry as a sponge
simile
Identify the rhyme scheme in the following lines from "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls."
"The tide rises, the tide falls,
The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;
Along the sea-sands damp and brown
The traveller hastens toward the town,
And the tide rises, the tide falls"
AABBA
What is the number 1 grossing movie of all time?
Avatar (2009)
$2,923,706,026
In the following line from "The Planting of the Apple Tree," what is being personified?
"When, from the orchard row, he pours its fragrance through the open doors"
wind
According to "Walden," why did Henry David Thoreau go into the woods to live?
to discover new things in his life
In "The Minister's Black Veil," what does the black veil symbolize?
the (secret) sin of all human beings
What is the primary emotion conveyed in "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe?
sadness, grief
Weighing around eight pounds, this is the human body's largest organ?
the skin
In the following lines from "To a Waterfowl," what does the dark night symbolize?
"Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near."
death
What Transcendentalist belief is reflected in "Walden" by Thoreau?
live simply
In "The Devil and Tom Walker," what does Washington Irving use to symbolize upstanding people with evil souls?
trees that are rotten to the core
What is the tone of the following phrase from "The Devil and Tom Walker?"
a female scold is generally considered a match for the devil
satire
What do you call a group of flamingos?
A flamboyance
In the following lines from "The Last Leaf," what does the last leaf symbolize?
"And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree"
the last surviving person
Walt Whitman
Lydia Maria Child
Margaret Fuller
In "The Masque of the Red Death," what is foreshadowed when Prince Prospero's "brow reddened with rage" at the sight of the intruder?
his death from the Red Death
Why is "The Masque of the Red Death" considered an allegory?
all characters and settings are symbolic
Where did Mrs. Marsh's daughter move to and what is her job?
Charleston
Nurse
What poetic device is being used in the following lines from "The Last Leaf"
"Ere the pruning knife of time Cut him down"
metaphor
List 2 of the 4 fundamental principles (beliefs) of transcendentalist thinking
Self Reliance
Personal Intuition (free thinking)
Beauty in Nature
Nonconformity
In "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe, there is significant use of repetition. How does it contribute to the overall mood?
the repetition contrasts the speaker's mental state, adding to the crazed and frantic mood
the tapping & Nevermore adds to the suspenseful, eerie mood
Describe the relationship between Transcendentalism and Dark Romanticism.
Both are part of Romanticism; Transcendentalism praised nature and humanity while Dark Romanticism presented nature and humanity as sinister and evil.
What is Ms. Rosen's new last name?
Schwartz