Holmes, Lanier, & Lowell

Question 1

It begins in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northeast Georgia, in Habersham County, and flows into Hall County. It ends at the southwest corner of Georgia bordering Florida.

Answer 1

Chattahoochee River

Question 2

when a part of something is used to refer to the whole (For example, a worker might be referred to as “a pair of hands” or an automobile as a “motor.”)

Answer 2

synecdoche

Question 3

a succession of similar sounds

Answer 3

alliteration

Question 4

a female and partly human creature in Greek mythology who lured mariners to destruction by her singing

Answer 4

Siren

Question 5

to invent; to imagine; to shape

Answer 5

feign

Question 6

the particular words used in a work; word choice

Answer 6

diction

Question 7

a direct comparison between two unlike things that proceeds over several lines/ stanzas in a poem or sentences in a paragraph

Answer 7

extended metaphor/ conceit

Question 8

shiny, polished

Answer 8

lustrous

Question 9

the combination of stressed and unstressed syllables in a unit of meter in a line of poetry

Answer 9

foot

Question 10

a mollusk with a spiral, pearl-lined shell filled with a series of air-filled chambers

Answer 10

nautilus

Question 11

a fictitious character, not the poet but the poet’s creation

Answer 11

persona

Question 12

a particular kind of foot - an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Answer 12

iambic

Question 13

an epithet/ metaphor for the nautilus

Answer 13

ship of pearl

Question 14

gentle; kindly

Answer 14

benign

Question 15

rhyme that occurs within the line

Answer 15

internal rhyme

Question 16

occupant

Answer 16

tenant

Question 17

the state of being in someone’s power

Answer 17

thrall

Question 18

worked; molded; shaped

Answer 18

wrought

Question 19

to unfold

Answer 19

unfurl

Question 20

Abide, abide

Answer 20

to accept or act in accordance with a rule, law, or recommendation

Question 21

“This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign,
Sails the unshadowed main, -“
To what does the “unshadowed main” refer?

Answer 21

the sea

Question 22

“And every chambered cell,
Before thee lies revealed, -
Its irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unseald!”
To what does this refer?

Answer 22

a mollusk shell

Question 23

“While on mine ear it rings,
Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice
that sings: - “
What does the speaker mean here?

Answer 23

He has had an epiphany by deep reflection

Question 24

“The Chambered Nautilus” is really an extended metaphor for what?

Answer 24

the process of intellectual/ spiritual growth in our lives

Question 25

Who or what is the speaker in “Son of the Chattahoochee”

Answer 25

the Chattahoochee River

Question 26

Probably the most distinctive feature of the poem, “Song of the Chattahoochee,” is that its meter, rhyme, rhythm, repetition, allegory, and other devices all contribute to the sound imagery of what?

Answer 26

the Chattahoochee River

Question 27

After all, the attention to the sound of the poem, “the Chattahoochee River” is expressed in the ___.

Answer 27

title

Question 28

“A heritage, it seems to me,
One scarce would wish to hold in fee.”
What does the closing couplet in each stanza reveal about the speaker?

Answer 28

the speaker’s perspective of the value and blessing of poverty

Question 29

What are some of the things the poor man’s son inherits?

Answer 29

stout muscles, sinewy heart; hardy frame, hardier spirit; he gets to be king of two hands; he gets to do his part in useful toils and art

Question 30

“O rich man’s son! there is a toil
That with all others level stands;”
Lowell’s use of an apostrophe signals an important shift in the poem - a new perspective about something redeeming the rich man can do, which is what?

Answer 30

be charitable