James Russell Lowell: "The First Snowfall" - Read Flashcards

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insights to the poem

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  • unique poem in that Lowell is not making political commentary as many other American Romantics did in that time period; it does, however, remain true to this era of literature in terms of how it reflects the ultimate power of nature
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which lines below from Lowell’s poem, “The First Snowfall,” would be best to cite to show the poet’s profound sense of sadness at the death of his daughter

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26- And thought of the leaden sky that arched o’er our first great sorrow

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which lines below from Lowell’s poem, “The First Snowfall,” would be best to cite to show the Romantic writer’s characteristic love of nature

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11- the stiff rails were softened to swan’s-down, and still fluttered down the snow

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which lines below from Lowell’s poem, “The First Snowfall,” would be best to cite to show the poet’s reconciliation to the death of his daughter

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29- I remembered the gradual patience That fell form that cloud-like snow healing, hiding the scar..

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which lines below from Lowell’s poem, “The First Snowfall,” would be best to cite to show the poet’s profound sense of sadness at the death of his daughter

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32- the scar our deep-plunged woe

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the lines 15-16 of Lowell’s poem contain

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a simile - something is like or as something else

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