Whitman And Dickinson Flashcards
A central comparison in “a noiseless patient spider” is
The spider and the speakers soul
In “I can hear America singing” Whitman implies that Americans are all of the following except
Musical geniuses
Which of the following is not a prime reason why Whitman chose to write in free verse
To imitate earlier poets he admired
Structurally speaking, what makes “song of myself” a typical Whitman poem
It’s use of the natural cadences of human speech
Based on the details in “song of myself” and “I hear America singing” what can you infer about whitman’s attitude toward other people
He feels affectionate toward other people
Which of the following elements prevents “song of myself” from becoming an exercise in ego and selfishness
The poems linking of the individual self to the universal self
In “song of myself” when the speaker says “I, now 37 years old in perfect health begin / hoping to cease not til death,” what do you think he is beginning?
Writing poetry
“The singing” the speaker hears in “I hear America singing” is
The individuality of Americans in different walks of life
What can you infer from the poets attitude from these lines in “song of myself
These are the thoughts of all men blah blah blah
Whitman believes that his observations are, in some sense, universally shared
The phrase “barbaric yawp” in song of myself is an example of whitman’s
Informality
The free verse in “song of myself” uses all the following except
Rhyme
Which of the following is the main literary device used in a noiseless patient spider
Metaphor
What situation in “by the bivouacs fitful flame” prompts thoughts of life, death and people far away
Being in the midst of war
Based on the poetry what can you infer about whitman’s attitude toward nature
ITS ALL FUCKING FOUR IM NOT WRITING IT FUB MY GODDAM NEEB
Which of the following poems focuses most strongly on a lesson that can be learned from nature
There’s a certain slant of light
Which of these statements best expresses the central message of “ my life closed twice before it’s close”
Parting may be the closest we come in life to understanding death
“I heard a fly buzz when I died” why is there a stillness in the room
The people in the room are waiting for the speakers final moment
“The brain is wider than the sky” compares the physical size of the brain to that of the sky and sea. What point is dickinson trying to make when she uses these images
The brain is infinitely large in understanding
“The soul selects her own society” the soul is compared to
A woman who stays in her house no matter who comes to visit her
In “because I could not stop for death” death is personified as
A polite gentlemen
Which of the following is the central image in “ because I could not stop for death
A carriage ride
In “my life closed twice before it’s close” the three closing so mentioned in the title refer to
Two loved ones parting and the whiny bitch’s death
To which senses do the images in the stanza appeal
Sight sound touch
In “a noiseless patient spider” Whitman compares the spider to his own soul
True
Whitman embraced the ideal of Puritan ethic
False
Whitman pays tribute to various common workers of America in the poem”I hear South America singing”
False
Whitman brings unity to his poems by the repetition of a rhyme scheme
False
Whitman experimented with sonnet form
False
The poem appearing in “leaves of grass” that consisted of 52 stanzas of celebrating the poet was “song of myself”
True
In the line “ the versed carols I hear” from “I hear America singing” one can see the use of anastrophe
True
Whitman’s book of poetry “leaves of grass” was a financial failure and was considered crude and gross
True
Dickinson did not want any recognition
True
In her mid twenties dickinson entered Harvard
True
Dickinson used slant rhyme but no formal rhythmic meter of any kind ever in her work
False
A characteristic of Dickinson’s poems that immediately strikes the reader is her frequent use of rhyming couplets
False
Emily dickinson was born raised and lived her whole life in Massachusetts
True
In her poems dickinson frequently examines the relationship between the events of everyday life and things of the spirit
True
The poems by Emily dickinson suggest that she was much too preoccupied with friendships
False
Dickinson always dressed in white
True
Emily wrote over 100 poems
False
