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14. He was known for poetry that reflected the ________________________ of rural new England life
14. simplicity
18. Name the two personal tragedies in his life:
18. 3 of 4 children died in infancy; his wife, Maria, died in 1853
"I Sit and Look Out" (139-144) 139. Author?
139. Whitman
113. He compares these jobs to ________________.
113. songs
84. ______: Old Ironsides
Holmes
155. What example does Dickinson give?
155. a battle, wounded soldier values victory more
159. How is she like Thoreau?
159. he also doesn't conform
12. True or False. He was outspoken in agreeing with slavery.
12. False; against slavery
74. Whitman was hired as a clerk for the Department of ______________________, he was later fired when the Sec. found out that he was ________________
74. Interior; author of Leaves of Grass
46. True or False. Dickinson remained in contact with her friends through prolific correspondence.
46. True
94. What five things could the grass represent?
94. flag showing my hope, a handkerchief of the Lord, grass is an ordinary product of other plants, a uniform hieroglyphic (symbol), the beautiful uncut hair of graves
80. What cemetery was he buried in and where?
80. Harleigh Cemetery, Philadelphia
"O Captain! My Captain" (121-126) 121. Author?
121. Whitman
WHITTIER (11-23) 11. Where was he raised? ________________________
11. on a farm near Haverhill, MA
53. Who published her first complete volume of poems?
53. Thomas Johnson
43. What reflected her religious conflict? ________________
43. her poems
99. How does he die?
99. dissolves into nature
170. What does the fly symbolize? ________________________ or in a literary sense it can represent __________________.
170. ordinary things; Satan
19. Where was his sadness revealed? ________________________
19. in his works
115. Write at least 4 of the people singing in this poem:
115. mother, hatter, mason, boatman, shoemaker, mechanics, carpenter (answers may vary)
124. What does the storm represent?
124. civil war
128. What creature builds it shell by sealing off the back chambers?
128. nautilus
42. When did she stop attending church? ________________________
42. late 20s
147. What does Dickinson ask the readers not to be like?
147. judgmental
28. He became famous for his poem that protested what? _________________________
28. the demolition of the Revolutionary war ship, U.S.S. Constitution
165. This poem is an _________________________ of death.
165. examination
51. However, that person (answer to question #49) did not burn a ___________________ ____________________.
51. homemade booklet
76. Why did he later return to Camden, New Jersey?
76. to care for his dying mother
73. Why did this person need care?
73. his brother had been wounded in war
141. These sorrows are pain inflicted by ________________ upon other people.
141. people
117. Where does he spend the day at?
117. the beach
50. After she died, who burned all the correspondence she had with her friends and family? _______
50. her sister
"I Hear America Singing" (111-115) 111. Author?
111. Whitman
140. The author expresses _____________________ over the sorrows of the word.
140. his own sorrows
104. What did the man have to do on the 1st snowfall? _______________________
104. bury his daughter
88. I celebrate ________________ and sing ________________.
88. myself; myself
144. List at least 4 of the sorrows mentioned:
144. mother misused by her children, wife misused by husband, famine at sea, battle
48. What disease did she suffer from? ________________________
48. Bright's Disease
91. What is the tone of the poem?
91. optimistic, energetic
"Song of Myself" (87-102) 87. Author?
87. Whitman
69. True or False. Whitman celebrated democracy and Abraham Lincoln.
69. True
138. The helped shipwreck sailor represents
138. helping someone who is struggling
129. What is the lesson in this poem?
129. keep getting better and better by growing! leave the past behind
Emily Dickinson (34-53) 34. Where was she born? ________________________
34. Amherst, MA
56. At the age of 27 he became the editor of
56. The Brooklyn Eagle
118. He thinks that death is similar, in that death is a greater
118. rest
"The Chambered Nautilus" (127-131) 127. Author?
127. Holmes
16. He came from a prominent family and graduated from ________________________________________________
16. Harvard Law School
26. What college did he attend? ________________________
26. Harvard
134. What is your purpose?
134. ACT so that you can grow, learn
178. What does the setting sun symbolize?
178. old age, death
Oliver Wendell Holmes (24-34) 24. Where was he born? ________________________
24. Cambridge
39. What is the name of her older brother? ________________________
39. Austin
163. How does society imprison you? ________________
163. shun, avoid, ridicule
52. How many poems did Dickinson at least write? __________
52. 1775
75. True or False. Whitman never struggled financially, and was therefore able to spend money to help hospitals.
75. False
108. Who makes it snow? ___________________ "good all-father"
108. God
150. Just as the bird ______________ and never stops, hope never fails.
150. sings
169. What is she most aware of as she dies? _________________________
169. a fly
59. As he saw the diversity of the country, he called America "the ___________________ _______________."
59. greatest poem
47. True or False. Dickinson hated the neighborhood children so she never gave them any goodies.
47. False
40. What is the name of her younger sister? ________________________
40. Lavinia (Vinnie)
131. True or False. Death is the ultimate growth.
131. True
167. The rituals of death is described first as__________________ and then the ______.
167. mourning; will
110. When the man kisses his living daughter who is he actually kissing?
110. his dead child
55. Where was he raised?
55. Brooklyn, NY
100. Where does he go? ____________
100. to the ground
149. Just as the bird perches in the ____________, hope resides in your heart.
149. soul
35. What did she enjoy doing as a child?
35. exploring the country side, playing piano, singing, and hanging out with friends
"Success is Counted Sweetest" DICKONSON (153-155) 153. Who appreciates success more?
153. those who don't succeed
78. What final book was he working on through the last years of his life besides Leaves of Grass?
78. Goodbye, My Fancy
86. ______ :The Song of Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles Standish, Paul Revere's Ride
Longfellow
93. What is the man's response?
93. I don't know
107. Time heals the ________________.
107. wound
162. If you do not agree with society, it labels you "_______________________," and it will imprison you
162. dangerous
112. The author celebrates people's different
112. jobs/talents
82. Whitman used catalogues. What are catalogues?
82. list of people, things, or characteristics
143. Why might his response be like that?
143. overwhelmed, contemplating, ashamed (answers may vary)
70. True or False. Whitman celebrated equality during the civil war.
70. True
25. Which Puritan poet is he a descendent from? ________________________
25. Ann Bradstreet
125. How is the ship anchored safe and sound?
125. war is over, union is preserved
120. What is the only thing he takes when he leaves? ______________________
120. his memory
101. If you miss him, where do you look for him?
101. under the boot-soles, earth
65. True or False. Whitman continued to revise Leaves of Grass, publishing many different volumes.
65. True
168. When death comes who comes into the room______________________ (the King).
168. God
119. As night leads to ________________, death leads to ________________.
119. dawn; life
36. Her dad was a ________________________ and a ________________________.
36. lawyer; business man
81. Whitman used parallelism. What is parallelism?
81. related ideas phrased in similar ways
21. He later became a professor of ________________________, like Longfellow, at Harvard.
21. Languages
57. Why was he fired?
57. because of his stand against slavery
142. What is his response to the "sorrow?" _________
142. he is silent
95. What does the grass teach about death?
95. life doesn't end with death because death leads forward to life
68. True or False. Whitman did not celebrate humanity because of its diversity.
68. False
37. What was her mother's name? ________________
37. Emily Norcross Dickinson
49. The disease was a failure of the ________________________.
49. kidney
114. Does the author used the idea of catalogue in this poem? _______
114. yes
96. He later compares himself to a
96. hawk
157. Sense=__________
157. madness
"This is My Letter to the World"- DICKONSON (145-147) 145. What do the lines "this is my letter to the world" and "her message is committed to hands I cannot see" say about Dickinson's poetry?
145. she expected her poetry to be published
122. What does the captain represent?
122. Abraham Lincoln
130. At death, you leave your "________________ shell."
130. outgrown
160. Who decides what is "normal"?
160. the majority
158. Why does Dickinson feel this way?
158. she doesn't conform to society
89. Who is he really celebrating?
89. humanity
171. What idea does the line "between the light—and me" support?____________
171. the fly represents Satan
13. Why was he not famous until after the civil war? ________________________
13. because of his stand against slavery
133. What is the author's attitude about life?
133. life is real—its eternal
64. What was Whittier's reaction to Whitman's poetry?_________________________
64. he threw his copy into the fire
61. Whitman used free verse in his poems. What are three characteristics of free verse?
61. no rhyme, irregular meter, irregular line length
102. What is his influence on us?
102. to encourage us to live
Walt Whitman (54-86) 54. Where was he born?_____________________
54. Long Island
20. True or False. After his wife's death his poems were better than his earliest works.
20. False
109. Who sends healing?
109. God
71. Who did Whitman help in NYC hospitals? _____________________
71. the wounded
137. The footprints represent
137. examples
105. He compares the snow to who's healing?
105. God's
172. What are the Windows?
172. eyes
"A Psalm of Life" (132-138) 132. Author?
132. Longfellow
161. According to society if you agree, you are
161. sane
83. ______: The Biglow Papers, A Fable for Critics, The Vision of Sir Launfal
Lowell
92. What is the child's question?
92. What is the grass?
62. In __________ his first edition of poetry was published, it was called ____________________________________.
62. 1855; Leaves of Grass
180. The reader knows that the house represents the _______________ in the line, "a swelling of the ground; the cornice—in the ground."
180. grave
175. At death we leave our ___________________ and our ____________________.
175. labor; leisure
15. Where was he born? ________________________
15. Cambridge, MA
44. Her poems were inspired by intense sufferings of:
44. loss, loneliness, death
17. In 1848, he gained international fame, publishing three poems. All of these poems were ________________________.
17. satires
31. What did he teach at Harvard for many years? ______________________________
31. medicine and medical research
38. How was the relationship between her mother? ______________________________
38. bad, said she did not have one but later on got closer
41. She attended _________________ and then at the age of 16 she attended ___________.
41. Amherst Academy; My. Holyoke Female Seminary
"Because I Could Not Stop Death" (174-181) dickonson 174. Death is personified as a ____________
174. date
146. What does "that never wrote to me" connotes?
146. outcast, isolated, separated
72. Who did Whitman go to Washington to care for? _____________________
72. his brother
"Hope is the Thing with Feathers" DICKONSON (148-152) 148. What is hope compared to?
148. bird
176. What does the school symbolize?
176. childhood
30. He later studied medicine in ________________ to become a __________________.
30. Paris; doctor
"The First Snowfall" (103-110) 103. Author?
103. Lowell
85. ______ :Snowbound
Whittier
45. Some people believed that Dickinson was in love with ________________________, an older married man who moved to ________________________. She soon began to withdraw from ________________________.
45. Charles Wadsworth; California; the world
98. They both have a ________________ yawp.
98. barbaric
123. What does the ship represent?
123. country
66. Whitman said that Leaves of Grass was "one long poem expressing his evolving vision of ________________."
66. life
90. What does "hoping to cease not until death" mean?
90. living life to the fullest with a purpose
152. True or False. The bird doesn't demand anything, just as hope doesn't demand anything either
152. True
22. He co-founded the ________________________________________________, a literary magazine, with his friend ________________________.
22. Atlantic Monthly; Holmes
79. True or False. Whitman designed his own tomb
79. True
27. He was named "Class ________."
27. poet
97. They are similar in that neither is ________________ and both are ______________
97. tamed; untranslatable
23. He became the American ________________________, to Spain and Great Britain.
23. ambassador
135. His challenge is "Be not like _____________, driven ________________! Be a _______________ in the strife!"
135. dumb; cattle; hero
67. How many poems was in his second edition?
67. 33
106. The snow hides the scar which is the
106. grave
"I Heard a Fly Buzz When I died" dickonson (164-173) 164. What subject does most of Dickinson's poems deal with?
164. death
179. What does the chilliness mean?
179. idea of unprepared, not ready
151. The bird's song is sweetest in the __________, just as hope is the strongest in times of ________________.
151. wind; trouble
29. The war ship was later made into a national monument near ___________________.
29. Boston
"Hampton Beach" (116-120) 116. Author?
116. Whittier
126. Why is the Captain dead, and how did he die?
126. he was shot by John Wilkes Booth
181. Time is _______________________ in eternity
181. irrelevant
"Madness is Divinest Sense" DICKONSON (156-163) 156. Madness=__________
156. sense
154. Give other examples in life.
154. the poor, sports, grades, health
173. "Could not see to see"—literal seeing and mental
173. understanding
166. "Stillness" like the stillness between ___________
166. storms
177. What does the field of gazing grain symbolize?
177. maturity, adulthood
60. The Fall of 1848 was when he later moved to Brooklyn and established a "free soil" newspaper called _____________.
60. The Brooklyn Freeman
77. What did Whitman later suffer through?
77. a stroke
136. What does the author value the most? The past, present or future?
136. present
32. He confounded the___________with his friend ________________________.
32. Atlantic Monthly; Lowell
33. What did he spend his last years doing? _______
33. writing and lecturing
63. What was Emerson's reaction to Whitman's poetry?
63. he said, "it's a most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom"
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