Quiz 15 Flashcards
ancient Greek goddess of dawn
Aurora
ancient Greek hero of Pythagorean legend
Damon
decaying; decomposing
mouldering
the location of the deserted village
Auburn
a poem or work that celebrates the joys of simple rural life; often features an idyllic world of nature, bucolic landscapes, and a shepherd addressing a shepherdess, whom he loves
pastoral
the artist to whom the poem is addressed
Scipio Moorehead
a rustic; a peasant
swain
a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular person or subject, usually praising it
ode
a pleasant shady place under tress or climbing plants
bower
to make joyous; to fill with high spirits
elate
the village as described in the first section of “The Deserted Village”
- “Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease … /*
- Where humble happiness endeared each scene!”*
an instance of antithesis
“The young contending as the old surveyed”
signals the first major shift in “The Deserted Village”
“These were thy charms, sweet village! sports like these, / With sweet succession, taught even toil to please; / These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed; / These were thy charms - but all these charms are fled.”
diction that reveals the speaker’s perspective in the second section of “The Deserted Village”
“tyrant’s hand”; “Desolation saddens”; “choked”; “tires their echoes”; “shapeless ruin”; and “spoiler’s hand”
imagery that conveys the speaker’s perspective in the second section of “the Deserted Village”
- “Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all,*
- And the long grass o’ertops the*
- mouldering wall”*
an instance of repetition
“I still had hopes …”
begins the final stanza of “The Deserted Village”
“O blest retirement, friend to life’s decline.”
the speaker’s major criticism
“Where wealth accumulates, and men decay”
quote that caputres the Central One Idea of “The Deserted Village”
“A time there was, ere England’s griefs began, / When every rood of ground maintained its man; / For him light Labour spread her wholesome store, / Just gave what life required, but gave no more: / His best companions, Innoncence and Health; / And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.”
the pictures of S.M. has drawn and the life he puts into his figures
This delights Wheatly’s soul.
what Wheatley urges the artist to do
- “…each noble path pursue;*
- On deathless glories fix thine ardent view”*
“Still may the painter’s and the poet’s fire,”
“To aid thy pencil and thy verse conspire!”
heavenly imagery
“Celestial Salem blooms in endless spring”
the ancient Greek goddess of dawn; in literature, she usually appears as a lover
Aurora
Central One Idea of Wheatley’s Poem
Although this world may bring suffering and limitation, artistic creation can bring freedom, spiritual fulfillment, and if used in the right way, can lead us to God and eternal life.
