The Eve of St Agnes Flashcards
What is St Agnes the patron saint of?
young virgins
What was the Eve of St Agnes legend?
virgins may see their future husband in their dreams if they perform a certain rituals and routines before they go to bed.
What is the form?
Spenserian stanza, popular during medieval era
What quotes imply coldness?
‘The owl, for all its feathers, was a-cold’
‘Numb were the Beadsman’s fingers’
‘The sculptured dead on each side seemed to freeze’
‘Moonlight room//Pale, latticed, chill, and silent as a tomb’
‘On this casement shone the wintry moon’
‘Filling the chilly room with perfume light’
‘How changed thou art! How pallid, chill, and drear!’
‘Slept among his ashes cold.’
Quotes that describe Madeline as a bird?
‘Though a tongueless nightingale should swell’
‘Trembling in her soft and chilly nest’
‘A dove forlorn and lost with sick unpruned wing’
What quotes characterise Madeline?
‘Poor, weak, churchyard thing’
‘Pale enchantment held her sleepy eyed.’
‘As though a tongueless nightingale should swell.’
‘Like a saint’
‘Free from mortal taint.’
‘Trembling in her soft and chilly nest.’
‘Blinded alike from sunshine and from rain.’
‘A dove forlorn and lost with sick unpruned wing.’
Quotes describe Porphyro?
‘Young Porphyro with heart on fire’
‘Burning Porphyro’
‘How changed thou art! How pallid, chill, and drear!’
‘Like a throbbing star’
‘Into her dream he melted’
Alas!…Porphyro will leave me here to fade and pine.’
‘Famished pilgrim-saved by miracle.’
What quotes describe the setting?
‘Carved angels’
‘Shadows haunting faerily’
‘Moonlight room//Pale, latticed, chill, and silent as a tomb’
‘The maiden’s chamber, silken, hushed, and chaste’
‘Filling the chilly room with perfume light’
‘An elfin-storm from faery land’
What quotes describe the Beadsman?
‘Numb were the Beadsman’s fingers’
‘Ere Music’s golden tongue//Flattered to tears this aged man’
‘Already had his death bell rung’
‘Slept among his ashes cold.’
What quotes describe the ‘casement’?
‘Garlanded with carven imageries//Of fruits, and flowers’
‘stains and splendid dyes’
‘Shielded scutcheon blushed with blood of queens and kings’
‘On this casement shone the wintry moon’
What quotes describe Angela?
‘I am slow and feeble’
‘Angela the old’
What quotes highlight the supernatural elements at the end of the poem?
‘Tis an elfin-storm from faery land’
‘Sleeping dragons’
‘Glide like phantoms’ (repeated)
‘Long be nightmared’
What quotes describe the Eve of St Agnes ritual/period?
‘Young virgins may have visions of delight’
‘Honeyed middle of the night’
‘Of heaven with upward eyes for all they desire’
‘Hallowed hour was near’
‘Pale enchantment held her sleepy eyed’
What quotes describe music?
‘The music, yearning like a God in pain//She scarcely heard’
‘Ere Music’s golden tongue//Flattered to tears this aged man’
What quotes describe the people at the gathering?
‘Shadows haunting faerily’
‘Hot blooded lords’
‘Blood-thirsty race’
