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Most popular American 19th century poet; was a fireside Poet, created an American folklore

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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They also serve who only stand and wait

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A psalm of life

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• “For the soul is dead that slumber
• But to act, that. Each to morrow find us farther than to day

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A psalm of life

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Author of a psalm of life

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Henry wadsworth longfellow

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Recognized mans sinned nature ; author of the scarlet letter

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Where is the setting in young Goodman brown

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Salem( Massachusetts bay colony

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7
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What does the “old man” represent

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The devil

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What does the cloud represent

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All humanity

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Author of f young Goodman brown

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Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Father of short stories ; created detective story’s

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Edgar Allan Poe

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Point of view of the tell tail heart

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First person

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12
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Author of the tell tell heart

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Edgar allen Poe

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Author of the raven

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Edgar a. Poe

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door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!”
Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.

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Raven

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15
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And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted—nevermore!

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Raven

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16
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Reflects elements of Poe’s marriage

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Anabelle lee

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17
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Born a slave became an abolitionist fough for civil rights for African Americans

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Fredrick douglas

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18
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Writer for the narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglas

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Fredrick Douglas

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Tenants of transcendelism

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  • God is in all our nature ( pantheism)
  • man has a spark of divinity
  • man should rely on himself not
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A transcendentalist; known for practical application of Emerson’s idea

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Henry David thareou

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21
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Based on his exprimen nursing his brother in a civil war hospital in Washington DC

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Wound-dresser

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Author of wound dresser

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Henry David thareou

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23
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Author of o captain my captain

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Henry David thareou

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24
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Was written to Abraham Lincoln

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0 captain my captain

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25
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What does the ship represent

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The US

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26
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What does the captain represent

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Pres. Lincoln

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27
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What does the voyage mean

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Civil war

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28
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Conclusion of o captain my captain

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We won the war but we lost a captain

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29
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A recluse; modern style poetry ; wrote about aspirations, love , nature, death and immortality

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Emily Dickinson

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30
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What does hope represent in “hope”

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Bird

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31
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Writer of hope

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Emily Dickinson

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32
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Known for religion,science and morality ; great expansion industry
British empire covered 1/2 of the world

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British Victorian era

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33
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Poet laureate; most popular Victorian poet; shown faith in God and doubt due to evolution

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Alfred lord Tennyson

34
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Author of Ulysses

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

35
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Theme of Ulysses

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Determination to live a fulfilling life, even in old age

36
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What is the charge of the light brigade about.

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The Crimean war

37
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Most famous female poet of her day most famous literary romance

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Elizabeth Barrett browning

38
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Author of sonnet from the Portuguese

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Elizabeth Barrett browning

39
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What is the Thor tracing in sonnet from the Portuguese

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Her developing love for Robert browning

40
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Her love has a spiritual element that transcendent this earth it has an all- encompassing reach. True love is eternal

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Sonnet from the Portuguese

41
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Master of the Dramatic monologue

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Robert browning

42
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Author of my last duches

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Robert browning

43
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What do we learn about the speaker in my last duchess

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§ he’s untrustworthy
§ he’s controlling
§ Has an ego
§ He has to be the center of his wife’s life
§ He’s materialistic and jealous

44
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Devout Christian; dominant theme of poetry; painful submissive to Gods will

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Christina Rossetti

45
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Author of a birthday

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Christina Rossetti

46
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What is the potential “love in a birthday

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Christ

47
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What is the ultimate birthday

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The second coming of Christ

48
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Author of remember

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Christina rossetti

49
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What perspective is remember

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A dead persons

50
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Jesuit priest: very influential on modern poets ( trad. Context,experimental, tech.

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Gerald Manley Hopkins

51
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What does is representing the Holy Spirit in gods grandeur

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A dove

52
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Became an agnostic; believed moral literature could replace religion desired to be a prophet— to enlighten society

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Mathew Arnold

53
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Faith leaving England; faith is more important

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Dover beach

54
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Major novelist and poet; became agnostic in college pessimistic; fate harms man

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Thomas hardy

55
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Author of Hap

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Thomas hardy

56
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• Reacting to Darwin’s origin of species
Believe the world is random, man’s fate based on blind chance

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Hap

57
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Written while undergoing procedures to save his. Leg from amputation (other one had already been amputated

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Invicticus

58
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Written while undergoing procedures to save his leg from amputation ( other one had already been amputated

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Invictus

59
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Themes of Invictus

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Resilience while facing adversity (British stiff upper lip) free will asserted over fate
Agnosticism

60
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Author of Invictus

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William Ernest Henley

61
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Author of huckleberry Finn

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Mark twain

62
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Point of view of huckleberry berry fin

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First person

63
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Local color

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historical setting vernacular

64
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Plot of Adventures of huckleberry fin

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Adventure+ humor+serious+ social theme

65
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Themes of adventures of huck

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Satire on religion
Society’s inability to civil people
The humanity of all people ( Twain anti-slavery) octur

66
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Sensible, practical, realistic, a survivor

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Huck

67
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Impractical, conformist, romantic

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Tom

68
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A slave; believable, compassionate, wise represents hucks moral compass

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Jim

69
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Known for seting stories in Louisiana; forerunner of American feminism

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Kate chopin

70
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Theme in a pair of silk stockings

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  • The instruction of marriage
71
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New England novelist; focused on women whose lives were bounded by poverty and social constraints enforced by religious beliefs

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Mary e Wilkins

72
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Author of a pair of silk stockings

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Kate Chopin

73
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Theme of revolt of mother

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Importance of comunicación in relationship

74
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Local color of revolt of mother

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regionalism New England farm life, dialect

75
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A school of writers within realist periods ; humans are passive victims of social forces and environment influenced by evolution and survival of the fittest
Determinism

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American naturalism

76
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Outside influence determine a mans destiny

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Determinism

77
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• A civil war veteran
• Bitter Bierce
• Naturalist

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Ambrose Bierce

78
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Occurrence at owl creek bridge

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Ambrose biercd

79
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• One of America’s most popular short story writers
• Entertaining underlying fatalism

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O Henry

80
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The cop and the anthem

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Fate wins determinism

81
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O Henry’s real name

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William Sydney porter

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