James Lowell Flashcards

1
Q

What do lowells poems have?

A

Genial, humorous, and satirical elevation of 3 contemporary poets

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2
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T/F Lowell was the first American poet to make a living primarily off of poetry.

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False

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3
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Corrective redicule in literature or a work that is designed to correct an evil by means of redicule

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Satire

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4
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Marked by sympathy or friendliness

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Genial

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5
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What was Lowell?

A

A well known critic and was not upset when people critiqued him

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6
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What was he also?

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An avid poetic spokesman for various reforms in the 19th century

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7
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What is the tone for a fable of critics?

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Satirical and genial

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8
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What does Lowell use in fable for critics?

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Couplets

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9
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What does he admit in a fable for critics?

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His poetry is hindered by a overemphasis on advicating his own beliefs

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10
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In line 39 β€œyou mustn’t fling mud balls at Longfellow so”.

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This is lowells answer to Poe’s criticism of Longfellow

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11
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In the courtin what does the speaker editorialize?

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The coyness of women

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12
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What is the poem (the courtin)?

A

Non satirical poems he wrote

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13
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What is significant in this poem?

A

The New England dialect

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14
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Line 49 β€œthat night, I ye, she looked some”

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Looked some means she was very attractive

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15
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In the lesson what is the poem about?

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Pride

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16
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this poem (the lesson) is not anthologized very often in secular collections

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Because of its clear moral emphasis on God’s superiority to man

17
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Line 4 β€˜β€™ the thunder wallowed to and fro’’

A

Shows personification on the thunder in that it wallowed

18
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Lines 15-16 what does it give?

A

Power of speech to a firefly

19
Q

Lines 26-27 β€˜β€™ God but a bigger kind of me”

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This refers to how men tends to try and make God a bigger kind of me