Victorian Poetry review study guide

Question 1

righteous

Answer 1

moral

Question 2

indignation

Answer 2

anger from an unjust treatment

Question 3

excursions

Answer 3

journeys or trips

Question 4

lintel

Answer 4

horizontal bar above a door

Question 5

rue

Answer 5

sorrow or regret

Question 6

laurel

Answer 6

symbol of victory

Question 7

crowns and guineas

Answer 7

denominations of money ( was british currency)

Question 8

tranquil

Answer 8

calm

Question 9

cadence

Answer 9

measured movement

Question 10

turbid

Answer 10

muddy or cloudy; unclear

Question 11

straits

Answer 11

narrow passages of land

Question 12

strand

Answer 12

shore

Question 13

sophocles

Answer 13

greek tragic dramatist

Question 14

aegean

Answer 14

arm of the mediterranean sea

Question 15

shingles

Answer 15

beaches covered with gravel

Question 16

darkling

Answer 16

in the dark

Question 17

who wrote “sonnet 43”

Answer 17

E.B. Browning

Question 18

summary of sonnet 43

Answer 18

that love is so deep that it continues even after death

Question 19

meaning of sonnet 43

Answer 19

counting all the ways a person can love

Question 20

how does the speaker describes the depth of her love in sonnet 43

Answer 20

with every breadth and height of my soul

Question 21

what question does the speaker ask in sonnet 43

Answer 21

how do I love thee?

Question 22

what makes the poem dramatic in sonnet 43

Answer 22

language

Question 23

rhyme scheme in sonnet 43

Answer 23

ABBA ABBA CDCD CD

Question 24

What type of poem is sonnet 43

Answer 24

sonnet

Question 25

theme of poem in sonnet 43

Answer 25

love

Question 26

technique of poem in sonnet 43

Answer 26

question response poem

Question 27

victorian values present in sonnet 43

Answer 27

love and christianity

Question 28

syntactical device used in sonnet 43

Answer 28

the question mark

Question 29

what was A.E. Housman a man of

Answer 29

solitary habits | harsh self-discipline

Question 30

What did Housman do

Answer 30

he was a professor of Latin in University College in London

Question 31

what kind of poetry was Housman known for

Answer 31

Romantic and Melancholy Poetry

Question 32

what was Housman known as

Answer 32

an emotionless intellectual

Question 33

what was Housman's poetry described as

Answer 33

highly emotional

Question 34

who wrote "To an athlete dying young"

Answer 34

A.E. Housman

Question 35

what are 3 advantages of dying young according to the author in Dying Young

Answer 35

your honor never wears out you never have to defend your honor your title lives on

Question 36

"what does townsman of a still town" mean in Dying Young

Answer 36

when you die you become a new member of a new town "the graveyard"

Question 37

what was the message in Dying Young

Answer 37

aging can only bring sadness to an athlete

Question 38

what does Dying Young show

Answer 38

the fleeting nature of Earthly existence

Question 39

who wrote "when I was one and twenty"

Answer 39

AE Housman

Question 40

what is the author doing in One-and-twenty

Answer 40

mocking the speaker

Question 41

who was the advice in One-and-twenty pointed towards

Answer 41

the youth

Question 42

who wrote "Dover Beach"

Answer 42

matthew arnold

Question 43

what was the mood of dover beach

Answer 43

somber/melancholy

Question 44

what does dover beach reflect

Answer 44

anxieties of scientific progress, material prosperity, and expansion of British Empire

Question 45

what is the theme of dover beach

Answer 45

you have to remove your mind from society

Question 46

what is dover beach about

Answer 46

message of the speaker to his love

Question 47

what is the conflict of dover beach

Answer 47

society

Question 48

who wrote "Freedom"

Answer 48

James Berry

Question 49

what was freedom written in response to

Answer 49

his anger towards his ancestors for not letting go of the past bc they were slaves

Question 50

what was freedom an outcry against

Answer 50

holding onto anger

Question 51

what were the main literary devices in Freedom

Answer 51

repetition and imagery

Question 52

what was the lack of freedom compared to in Freedom

Answer 52

prison

Question 53

what was freedom compared to in freedom

Answer 53

letting go like trees

Question 54

what are excursions of energy to nowhere

Answer 54

holding onto anger is the excursions of energy to nowhere