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Exam 4 Flashcards

1
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Who wrote Carrion Comfort?

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Hopkins

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What does Hopkins liken despair to?

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carrion

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What is stanza 1 of carrion comfort about?

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no despair, I can hope and look forward to the light

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What is stanza 2 of carrion comfort about?

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to God, “why are you messing with me?”, it’s like God is looking at broken man like fresh meat, he wants to escape God

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What is stanza 3 of carrion comfort about?

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doesn’t believe tribulations make you better; he kissed God’s hand and his submission to God didn’t give him strength but he had to take it; question is who should he cheer on in this match? God or himself?

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What’s the point of Carrion Comfort?

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Hopkins didn’t give up in depressed year of his life

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Who wrote, “no worst, there is none”

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Hopkins

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What questions are asked in “no worst, there is none”

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where is the comfort? Pain learns from earlier pain to be more painful, cries are like the sound of cattle

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9
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What is fury’s perspective in “no worst there is none”

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I know I can’t go long, but let me do my worst

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What’s the image in Hopkins mind in “no worst there is none”

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mountains; at every turn there’s a cliff or precipice; he’s hanging ON the edge of a cliff about to fall (makes it psychological experience)

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11
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What are Hopkins 2 comforts in “no worst there is none”

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life ends in death, days ends with sleep

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Does Hopkins try to minimize depression in “no worst…”

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no; “I wake and feel the fell of dark; not day”

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What’s a notable experience Hopkins goes through in “no worst”

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wakes up in the middle of the night and it’s worse the harder you try to go to sleep

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What are cries like to Hopkins in “no worst”

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letters not reaching their destination

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What’s the illness Hopkins suffers from like in “no worst”

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built INTO him, like God built him that way

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What’s the curse Hopkins suffers in “no worst”

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that he is just himself; this is the punishment in the poem

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17
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What picture is Hopkins trying to pain in “no worse”

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major, feverish hellfire, or laboring selves; discomfort (and this is the best he can ever be)

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Who wrote “thou art indeed just, Lord”?

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Hopkins

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What is Hopkins quoting and basically saying in “thou art”?

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why are bad people prospering? Whatever God allows is right because God allows it; also, why do good people suffer

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How does Hopkins reinforce respect for God in “thou art”

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he keeps saying “sir”

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As he looks at nature, what does Hopkins see in “thou art”

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even nature is thriving; kinda like it’s mocking him

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what’s a eunich, what does Hopkins say when he says “times eunich” in “thou art” ?

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someone who’s been castrated; hasn’t been able to produce anything of lasting value

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What does Hopkins want in the final line of the poem? How does he finish “thou art”?

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wants God to bring relief; finishes on positive note, unlike others

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24
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Who wrote “impression du matin”

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Wilde

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25
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What is the lady in impression du matin?

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lady’s a prostitute; (red lipstick, heart of stone (implies she’s not the best of people), she’s standing on a street corner at dawn alone

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26
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What was probably the point of impression du matin?

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shock factor, probably not social commentary

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27
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who wrote helas?

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Wilde

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Whats the image of helas first sentence?

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his soul is like a stringed lute, no control, and responds to however wind blows

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29
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How does Wilde feel in helas?

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like he’s wasted his life, he’s out of control, given up something he didn’t intend to give up

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30
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What does Wilde think life is in helas?

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reused paper “twice written scroll”

31
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What contrast is provided in helas?

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contrast to dissonance in life is doing one clear thing to strike the ears of God

32
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Who wrote E Tenebris?

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Wilde

33
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What’s the first image presented in E Ten?

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Simon Peter drowning and being helped by Jesus who walks on water

34
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What does Wilde think of his life and situation in E Ten?

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that it’s worse than Peter’s drowning; he thinks that God’s not listening to him

35
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What’s the second biblical allusion in E Ten?

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Elijah taunts priests of Baal

36
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What’s the third biblical allusion in E Ten?

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we get human Jesus reaching out in compassion; he takes what many think will be judgement (scary) Jesus and makes him human

37
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Who wrote Sonnet on hearing the Dies Irae sung in the Sistine Chapel

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Wilde

38
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What image is presented of God in Sonnet?

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images of a sympathetic and redeeming God, instead of judgemental, angry, wrathful God

39
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What is contrasted in Sonnet?

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church’s view of God and nature’s view of God

40
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what’s the harvest in sonnet?

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he’s asking God to come to something peaceful

41
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Who wrote “for all we have and are”

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Kipling

42
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What are we fighting for and protecting in “for all we have and are”

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children, all of Eng, freedom, everything eng stands for and fought for in the past

43
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How does Kipling motivate war support in For all we have and are?

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good vs evil struggle “a crazed and driven foe”

44
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Who wrote arms and the boy?

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Owen

45
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What does Owen want us to think in “arms and the boy”?

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it’s boys who fight wars, not old or middle aged men

46
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Who wrote “futiity”

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Owen

47
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What’s futility about?

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Why would life exist if it’s so easily snuffed out?

why bring boys into manhood if they’re going to be killed

48
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what’s a symbol in futility and what does it bring?

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sun; brings life and warmth

49
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Who wrote Dulce et Decorum est?

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Owen

50
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What’s the scene presented in dulce?

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scene of soldiers heading back to sleep, a gas attack, fumbling with gas masks and helmets, and 1 man who doesn’t make it in time

51
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How does Owen bring us into present moment in Dulce?

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“I saw him drowning” lines; shows it continually haunts him

52
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What does Owen present death as in Dulce?

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emphasizes that death isn’t glorious, but tragic and awful; makes “you” a major part of poem

53
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Who wrote “when you see millions of the mouthless dead”?

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Charles Hamilton Sorley

54
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Why does Sorley use “millions” in When you see millions?

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it makes it more impersonal, makes it something difft (harsher) than imagined

55
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What is Sorley calling attention to in “When you see millions”?

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the kind of rhetoric used to glamorize war, “best”, “brightest”, “bravest” died; rarely are there any honest obituaries

56
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Who wrote Returning We Hear the Larks?

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Rosenberg

57
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What happens in Retuning we hear?

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coming back from battle, it’s dark, they hear birdsong; scene is beautiful but linked by fact that danger is all around them

58
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Who wrote break of day in the trenches?

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Rosenberg

59
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What happens in break of day in the trenches?

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rat leaps over hand, rat seems happy with himself that it has a better chance of surviving the day than soldiers

60
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What contrast does Rosenberg make in Break of Day in Trenches?

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poppy behind ear and dead who have poppies growing out of them

61
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Who wrote Eveline?

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Joyce

62
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Who wrote the unknown citizen?

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Auden

63
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Who wrote Musee de Beaux arts?

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Auden

64
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What is the point of musee de beaux arts?

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suffering doesn’t really impact everyone, or usually anyone else ; we’re not center of universe

65
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What picture does “the unknown citizen” paint?

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picture of citizen; normal in every way, based on the state (govt publication and institutional assessments)

66
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What kind of information is presented in “the unknown citizen”

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accurate demographic info, not necessarily meaningful

67
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Why did Auden rhyme unknown citizen?

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poetry is usually qualitative, not quantitative, and there’s sarcasm that this is quantitative; rhyme undercuts seriousness of poem

68
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Who wrote The Shield of Achilles?

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Auden

69
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What does Shield of Achilles portray?

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represents prison camps firing squad executions; bored soldiers laughed, one cracked a joke makes execution less meaningful

70
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What do the three posts allude to?

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crucifixion of Christ, state-sponsored execution

71
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What does Shield of Achilles suggest about POWs

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they lost their pride in a cowardly way, not fighting/resisting until the end

72
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What does “ragged urchin” suggest in Shield of Achilles?

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normal for terrible things to happen, power rules, violence is norm

73
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What happened to Achilles in Shield of Achilles?

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armor didn’t do its job, he didn’t last long

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