Poetry & Master Harold Flashcards
what is the tone of the wind begun to rock the grass
descriptive
why begun and not began
could be a grammatical error or the poet is implying that the wind had started blowing before it became a menace
personification in the wind began to rock the grass
lines 5,7and 8
oxymoron in the wind begun to rock the grass
line 10
metaphor in the wind begun to rock the grass
line 11 and 12, comparing lightening’s yellow beak to a bird
use of dashes in the wind begun to rock the grass
visible lightning bolts
the diction of the wind begun to rock the grass
aggressive and violent
enjambment in the wind begun to rock the grass
lines 1 and 2 & lines 17 and 18
what is the repetition of menace
an anaphora and emphasizes the danger
the rhythm of the wind begun to rock the grass
created by 6,8,6,8 syllables, sounds like pattering rain
last line of the wind begun to rock the grass
anti-climatic because the storm only damaged the tree, not the house
the theme of loves farewell
love
“since” in loves farewell
seems like an interruption of someone’s speech
the tone of the first quatrain of loves farewell
dismissive
the tone of the second quatrain of loves farewell
conclusive
“brows” in loves farewell
synecdoche represents whole facial expressions
the tone of 3rd quatrain of loves farewell
shift
the tone of last two lines of loves farewell
hurried
structure of loves farewell
Elizabethan sonnet with iambic pentameter
tone of assassination
urgent
them of assassination
politics, death
(the throat neck)
own line, indentation like a bullet, instant death
the motel… in the earth
enjambment
repeated line of assassination
they came running
who is assassination about
martin Luther king jr
“was going to fire back”
MLK was a passivist who would never shoot back
structure of assassination
shaped like a gun, emphasizes wildness, pauses give time to think, the only capital is “king”, jumped into the middle of a story
title of assassination
emotive
