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Victorian Poetry review study guide Flashcards

1
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righteous

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moral

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indignation

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anger from an unjust treatment

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3
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excursions

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journeys or trips

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lintel

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horizontal bar above a door

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rue

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sorrow or regret

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laurel

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symbol of victory

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crowns and guineas

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denominations of money ( was british currency)

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8
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tranquil

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calm

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9
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cadence

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measured movement

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turbid

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muddy or cloudy; unclear

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11
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straits

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narrow passages of land

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12
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strand

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shore

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13
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sophocles

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greek tragic dramatist

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14
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aegean

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arm of the mediterranean sea

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15
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shingles

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beaches covered with gravel

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16
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darkling

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in the dark

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17
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who wrote “sonnet 43”

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E.B. Browning

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18
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summary of sonnet 43

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that love is so deep that it continues even after death

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19
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meaning of sonnet 43

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counting all the ways a person can love

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20
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how does the speaker describes the depth of her love in sonnet 43

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with every breadth and height of my soul

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21
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what question does the speaker ask in sonnet 43

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how do I love thee?

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22
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what makes the poem dramatic in sonnet 43

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language

23
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rhyme scheme in sonnet 43

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ABBA ABBA CDCD CD

24
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What type of poem is sonnet 43

A

sonnet

25
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theme of poem in sonnet 43

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love

26
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technique of poem in sonnet 43

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question response poem

27
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victorian values present in sonnet 43

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love and christianity

28
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syntactical device used in sonnet 43

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the question mark

29
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what was A.E. Housman a man of

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solitary habits

harsh self-discipline

30
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What did Housman do

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he was a professor of Latin in University College in London

31
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what kind of poetry was Housman known for

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Romantic and Melancholy Poetry

32
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what was Housman known as

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an emotionless intellectual

33
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what was Housman’s poetry described as

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highly emotional

34
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who wrote “To an athlete dying young”

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A.E. Housman

35
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what are 3 advantages of dying young according to the author in Dying Young

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

36
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“what does townsman of a still town” mean in Dying Young

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when you die you become a new member of a new town “the graveyard”

37
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what was the message in Dying Young

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aging can only bring sadness to an athlete

38
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what does Dying Young show

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the fleeting nature of Earthly existence

39
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who wrote “when I was one and twenty”

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AE Housman

40
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what is the author doing in One-and-twenty

A

mocking the speaker

41
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who was the advice in One-and-twenty pointed towards

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the youth

42
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who wrote “Dover Beach”

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matthew arnold

43
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what was the mood of dover beach

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somber/melancholy

44
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what does dover beach reflect

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

45
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what is the theme of dover beach

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you have to remove your mind from society

46
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what is dover beach about

A

message of the speaker to his love

47
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what is the conflict of dover beach

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society

48
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who wrote “Freedom”

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James Berry

49
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what was freedom written in response to

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

50
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what was freedom an outcry against

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holding onto anger

51
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what were the main literary devices in Freedom

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repetition and imagery

52
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what was the lack of freedom compared to in Freedom

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prison

53
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what was freedom compared to in freedom

A

letting go like trees

54
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what are excursions of energy to nowhere

A

holding onto anger is the excursions of energy to nowhere

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