Section 4 (part 2) Flashcards
How might the sound of Freneau’s poetry be described?
songlike
What makes The Indian Burying Ground (Freneau) similar to Wheatley’s work?
it is an ode and an elegy
What classical figure does Freneau use as the American emigrant?
Palemon
What is Palemon’s more commonly known name?
Hercules
What biblical figure does Freneau use in “The Indian Burying Ground”?
Queen Sheba
What is queen sheba known for?
questioning King Solomon
What new movement does Freneau’s work anticipate?
On the Emigration to America
In the third stanza of On the Emigration to America, what river does Freneau reference?
Ohio
What does Freneau say can be done with the wilderness?
contained and manage
How does Freneau describe the American wilderness?
untamed and savage
What river does Freneau call the Sire of floods?
Mississippi
What main political distinction existed between Freneau and most Democratic-Republicans?
Freneau was an abolitionist
What does Freneau anticipate at the end of “On the Emigration to America”?
Freedom will reign
What does Freneau call Native Americans?
“unsocial Indian”
What critical theme does the guide say is involved in “The Indian Burying Ground”?
Myth of the Vanishing Indian
What poem was “The Indian Burying Ground” likely based on?
Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (Thomas Gray)
What was generally sent through the post?
business letters and newspapers
Who was the fiancee of Charles Brockden Brown?
Elizabeth Linn
How did Elizabeth Linn record communication with Brown?
Kept his letters in a keepsake volume
Who was the fiancee of Alexander Hamilton?
Elizabeth Schuyler
Who created Hamilton?
Lin Manuel Miranda
What play is “Portia,” who Hamilton compares his fiancee to, from?
The Merchant of Venice
What two groups does Hamilton draw an analogy between?
Americans and Roman Republic
How does Hamilton characterize England?
“an obstinate old dame”
How does Hamilton characterize the American colonies?
“giddy young girl”
What does Hamilton say he wants to “cure” Schuyler of?
“refractory notions about the right of resistance” (rebellion)?
What kind of life does Hamilton anticipate for him and his fiancee?
humble
What is Coverture?
“the legal subordination of women to their husbands”
What does Abigail adams say is inevitable?
the tendency towards tyranny
