Victorian Poetry review study guide Flashcards
righteous
moral
indignation
anger from an unjust treatment
excursions
journeys or trips
lintel
horizontal bar above a door
rue
sorrow or regret
laurel
symbol of victory
crowns and guineas
denominations of money ( was british currency)
tranquil
calm
cadence
measured movement
turbid
muddy or cloudy; unclear
straits
narrow passages of land
strand
shore
sophocles
greek tragic dramatist
aegean
arm of the mediterranean sea
shingles
beaches covered with gravel
darkling
in the dark
who wrote “sonnet 43”
E.B. Browning
summary of sonnet 43
that love is so deep that it continues even after death
meaning of sonnet 43
counting all the ways a person can love
how does the speaker describes the depth of her love in sonnet 43
with every breadth and height of my soul
what question does the speaker ask in sonnet 43
how do I love thee?
what makes the poem dramatic in sonnet 43
language
rhyme scheme in sonnet 43
ABBA ABBA CDCD CD
What type of poem is sonnet 43
sonnet
theme of poem in sonnet 43
love
technique of poem in sonnet 43
question response poem
victorian values present in sonnet 43
love and christianity
syntactical device used in sonnet 43
the question mark
what was A.E. Housman a man of
solitary habits
harsh self-discipline
What did Housman do
he was a professor of Latin in University College in London
what kind of poetry was Housman known for
Romantic and Melancholy Poetry
what was Housman known as
an emotionless intellectual
what was Housman’s poetry described as
highly emotional
who wrote “To an athlete dying young”
A.E. Housman
what are 3 advantages of dying young according to the author in Dying Young
your honor never wears out
you never have to defend your honor
your title lives on
“what does townsman of a still town” mean in Dying Young
when you die you become a new member of a new town “the graveyard”
what was the message in Dying Young
aging can only bring sadness to an athlete
what does Dying Young show
the fleeting nature of Earthly existence
who wrote “when I was one and twenty”
AE Housman
what is the author doing in One-and-twenty
mocking the speaker
who was the advice in One-and-twenty pointed towards
the youth
who wrote “Dover Beach”
matthew arnold
what was the mood of dover beach
somber/melancholy
what does dover beach reflect
anxieties of scientific progress, material prosperity, and expansion of British Empire
what is the theme of dover beach
you have to remove your mind from society
what is dover beach about
message of the speaker to his love
what is the conflict of dover beach
society
who wrote “Freedom”
James Berry
what was freedom written in response to
his anger towards his ancestors for not letting go of the past bc they were slaves
what was freedom an outcry against
holding onto anger
what were the main literary devices in Freedom
repetition and imagery
what was the lack of freedom compared to in Freedom
prison
what was freedom compared to in freedom
letting go like trees
what are excursions of energy to nowhere
holding onto anger is the excursions of energy to nowhere
