Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Flashcards
a 70-gun British Royal Navy ship launched in 1748
Somerset, British man-of-war
a temporary encampment in an unsheltered area
bivouac
gloomy, dark, shadowy
sombre
Dust thou art, to dust returnest
Genesis 3:19. Man was formed out of the ground, and he shall return to it in death.
an assembled group; collection
muster
a Boston silversmith and patriot in the American Revolution
Paul Revere
to prove more power than opposing forces
prevail
of the highest spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth
sublime
Of peace on earth, good will to men
a phrase from the annunciation to the shepherds by an angel about the birth of Jesus - in Luke 2
bold, brave; firm, resolute
stout
the rhythm of “Paul Revere’s Ride,” meant to suggest the galloping of a horse
anapestic tetrameter
open resistance; challenge or disobedience
defiance
a narrative poem written by a single poet in deliberate imitation of the form, language, and spirit of the folk ballad
literary ballad
ghost-like
spectral
tall, upright structures on a ship that hold the sails
mast and spar
The title, “A Psalm of Life” suggests that the poem will feature what kind of attitude or perspective about life?
positive; affirming
“Life is real! Life is earnest! … Not enjoyment, and not sorrow”
anaphora
“Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream!”
This opening line features what kind of exordium?
a challenge
"Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us \_\_\_ on the sand of time; \_\_\_, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again." Supply the missing word.
footprints
How does Longfellow feel about the view that “life is but an empty dream”?
He resists it, and instead affirms the opposite.
What biblical phrase does the speaker associate with the song of the bells?
of peace on earth, good will to men
“Then pealed the ___ more loud and deep:
‘God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail”
Supply the missing word.
bells
What does Revere tell his friend to do to warn him the British are coming?
hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch as a signal light
“Paul Revere’s Ride” is a:
literary ballad
Sound imagery is prevalent in the poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride,” such as its meter, anapestic tetrameter, which is meant to sound like what?
the galloping of a horse
Which town did Paul Revere visit?
Medford town
“Listen, my children, and you shall hear”
What might be the purpose of addressing children in the opening line?
it suggests the importance of the poem and passing it down
