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Emerson
Thoreau
T-ism in General
Whitman
Dickinson
100
Emerson says we do not appreciate this enough
What is nature?
100
The length of time Thoreau lives in the woods
What is tyo years and two months?
100
Transcend means this
What is to go beyond?
100
What the jobs Whitman mentions in "I Hear America Singing" have in common
What is working class jobs/blue collar jobs?
100
According to Dickinson, these people are the ones who cherish success the most.
Who are those who don't succeed?
200
"Envy is ignorance; imitation is __________"
Suicide
200
Thoreau's main crop; he loves them because they attach him to the earth
What is beans?
200
Two of the three philosophies/philosophers Transcendentalism is based on
What is Buddhism, Kant, and Plato?
200
A list of things, people, or events in a work of literature
What is catalog?
200
The "House" in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
What is the grave?
300
Emerson mentions people like Jesus, Socrates, and Newton as people who are this. (He also says that "To be great is to be _____________.")
What is "misunderstood"?
300
Thoreau sees these these fighting and it reminds him of a human war
What ae ants?
300
Perfect societies--the Transcendentalists longed for these. (Brook Farm was one.)
What are utopias?
300
The term used to describe a similarity in sentence structure, such as "The boatman singing," "The deckhand singing, "The carpenter singing"
What is parallelism?
300
The speaker passes these three things
What are children playing at recess, grain, and the setting sun?
400
One of the things Emerson mentions that happens when a person is in the woods.
What is return to reason and faith; cast off our years (become younger/more innocent); egotism vanishes; worries/cares seem insignificant?
400
How Thoreau obtained the materials for his cabin
What is he bought an old shanty, tore it down, and used the materials?
400
Popular gatherings for debates, discussions, and scientific demonstrations
What are lyceums?
400
Three of the heroes/courageous people mentioned in the poem SONG OF MYSELF?
What is skipper, woman persecuted for witchcraft, slave, fireman, artillerist/soldier?
400
"Recess in the Ring" "Gazing grain" "Setting sun"
What is alliteration?
500
the term Whitman uses to describe himself when he is in the woods
What is a "transparent eyeball"?
500
Thoreau says this might be the case of a person who doesn't move at the same pace as his peers
What is he hears a different drummer?
500
The term used to describe the ultimate Transcendental experience...the unity between God, man, and nature.
What is Over-Soul?
500
Whitman often chose to write in this form/meter
What is free verse?
500
The irony in "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died"
What is the fact that they are waiting for the presence of God, but they hear a fly instead?