lit sem 3

Question 1

• description of a river and a road that passes through fields near Camelot
• lady weaves a magic web, looks at the world through a mirror
• a curse upon her, can’t look at the real world
  shes content with her art

Answer 1

“The Lady of Shalott”
- Lord Alfred Tennyson
- victorian era

Question 2

starts as a tribute to “strong son of God”
- man never seen a face of god = no proof of his existance
- sun and moon = god-> creator of life and dath
son of god -> human and divine
- man has contorl over his own will but only to serve god
- the speaker asks god to help foolish people to see his light

Answer 2

“In Memoriam” Prologue
- Lord Alfred Tennyson
- victorian era

Question 3

• nature half reveal half conceal the soul
• dull narcotics, numbing pain
• large grief

Answer 3

“In Memoriam” V
-Lord Alfred Tennyson

Question 4

dark house, unlovely street
- behold me for i cannot sleep, creep
- bold street, blank day

Answer 4

“In Memoriam” VII
- Lord Alfred Tennyson

Question 5

Caliban is enslaved, hes given a chance to speak his mind. He has bad intentions but was mistreated ans suffered so we feel sorry for him. He ponders the world, tries to figure out his god Setebos.

Answer 5

“Caliban Upon Setebos”
- Robert Browning
Victorian era

Question 6

the duke talks to the missionary, about his late wife, he says that she flirted with others and didnt appreciate what he gave her a 900 years ols name. he insinuates taht he orered her death, he speaks highly of her, unreliable narrator

Answer 6

“My Last Duchess”
- Robert Browning

Question 7

A christmas carol

Answer 7

Charles Dickens
victorian era

Question 8

about a girl that artist paints n many different paintings, he objectifies her, makes her only purpose to be his muse, forgetting about her feelings as a person

Answer 8

“In Artist’s Studio”
- Christina Rossetti
Victorian era

Question 9

about 3 woman and their song of love. 1 is defined through her beauty, 2 appear pure, dainty, 3 is blue from heartache. 2 dye 1 left but as if dead

Answer 9

“A Triad”
- Christina Rossetti
Victorian era

Question 10

the speaker has a secret. She teases her friend with it, it’s what makes her fascinating.

Answer 10

“Winter: My Secret”
- Christina Rossetti

Question 11

life is an up-hill struggle, but youll find a resting palce, companions, felief, enough bds for everyone

Answer 11

“Up-Hill”
christina Rossetti

Question 12

about how she loves the other person, lots of links to the spiritual feelings
How do I love thee?

Answer 12

Sonnet 43 from Sonnets From the Portuguese
- Elizabeth Browning

Question 13

Thomas Hardy
Victorian era

Answer 13

“Tess of the d’Urbervilles”

Question 14

“the Picture of dorian grey”

Answer 14

Oscar wilde
victorian era

Question 15

j.c will come back one day. the development of civilization will lead to its doom. gyre a cicle of history where afterr 2000 years civilization as known collapses

Answer 15

“Second Coming”
- William Butler Yeats
modernism era

Question 16

world whete there is no place for the elderly unless they can figure out how to keep their soul young

Answer 16

“Sailing to Byzantium”
William Butler Yeats
modernism

Question 17

the speaker fantisisez about Innisfree and solitary, peacful life there, nature as profound spiritual force

Answer 17

“The Lake Isle of Innisfree”
- William Butler Yeats

Question 18

the poem focuses on love, not physical but the king which on the deeper beauty of the soul

Answer 18

“When You Are Old”
William Butler Yeats

Question 19

zeus rapes leda which gives birth to helen which cayses the fall of troy

Answer 19

“Leda and the Swan”
W.B Yeats

Question 20

This poem admits and comments the loss of faith in Victorian era, caused by the advancements in various field. This poem senses this turn and finds this change in the figure of the beach - the blurry border. Of the sea and land. Loss of faith = loss of certainty

Answer 20

’’Dover Beach”Mathew Arnold
Victorian era

Question 21

A patriotic and idealistic poem that expresses soldiers love for England. poem implies that people are shaped by their home and culture. The soldier sees himself as owing his identity and life to England.

Answer 21

„The Soldier”
Rupert Brooke
20th century

Question 22

The writer confronts what he sees as the damaging attitudes of woman who encourage the men o fight and be hers. He accuses woman of promising man heroism and honor and failing to see the horrors of war

Answer 22

„Glory of Women”
- Siegfried Sassoon
20th century

Question 23

This poem graphically and bitterly describes the horrors of war. this poem is specific in describing the horrors such as the gruesome death of the soldier, and surviving the war with seeing the death of comrades.

Answer 23

„Dulce et decorum est”
- Wilfred Owen
20th century

Question 24

The unnamed boy likes the girl of brown complexion cause she is exotic and takes the dullness of his life. He promises her a gift form arab market but when he gets there je realizes that he likes her only because of his own vanity and his want for something new and exciting

Answer 24

„Araby”
hames Joyce
20th

Question 25

Nothing happens twice. Vladimir and Estragon stuck in endless cycle of waiting. Plot circular shows the bleak themes and emphasizes its the Theatre of the Absurd

Answer 25

„waiting for Godot”
Samuel Beckett
20th

Question 26

Sweet childhood memory of picking blackberries in summer. In the barn they rot = growing up, Seth that is ineviteable as they rotting

Answer 26

„Blackberry picking”
Seamus Heaney
20th

Question 27

The poem encourages people to fight death. It celebrates the vibrancy and energy of human life

Answer 27

„Do not go gentle into night”
Dylan Thomas
20th