James Lowell Flashcards
What do lowells poems have?
Genial, humorous, and satirical elevation of 3 contemporary poets
T/F Lowell was the first American poet to make a living primarily off of poetry.
False
Corrective redicule in literature or a work that is designed to correct an evil by means of redicule
Satire
Marked by sympathy or friendliness
Genial
What was Lowell?
A well known critic and was not upset when people critiqued him
What was he also?
An avid poetic spokesman for various reforms in the 19th century
What is the tone for a fable of critics?
Satirical and genial
What does Lowell use in fable for critics?
Couplets
What does he admit in a fable for critics?
His poetry is hindered by a overemphasis on advicating his own beliefs
In line 39 βyou mustnβt fling mud balls at Longfellow soβ.
This is lowells answer to Poeβs criticism of Longfellow
In the courtin what does the speaker editorialize?
The coyness of women
What is the poem (the courtin)?
Non satirical poems he wrote
What is significant in this poem?
The New England dialect
Line 49 βthat night, I ye, she looked someβ
Looked some means she was very attractive
In the lesson what is the poem about?
Pride