English unit 4 study guide
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Who wrote “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer”, “When I have Fears That I May Cease to Be”, “Ode to a Nightingale”, and “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
John Keats
Who wrote “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey?”, “The World is Too Much with Us”, and “London, 1802”?
William Wordsworth
Who wrote “She walks in Beauty”, “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”, and “Don Juan”
George Gordon/ Lord Byron
Who wrote “The Lamb”, “the Tyger”, “Infant Sorrow”, and “The Chimney Sweeper”?
William Blake
Who wrote “Ozymandias”, “Ode to the West Wind”, and “To a Skylark”
Percy Bysshe Shelly
Who wrote “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and “Kubla Khan”?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer” what does the author mean by “the realms of gold”?
Literary classics
In “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer”, the author likens Homer to a…
Monarch
Which is the best paraphrase of this excerpt from “On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer”
…all his men/ Looked at each other with a whole surmise–/Silent…
…all his men/ Looked at each other with a whole surmise–/Silent…
All his men looked at one another, guessing wildly and struck silent.
Which line best paraphrases this excerpt from “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be”?
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour, That I shall never look upon thee more…
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour, That I shall never look upon thee more…
And when I think that I’ll never see you again, beautiful creature…
What do you think the author means in these lines from “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be”?
I may never live to trace/Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance…
I may never live to trace/Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance…
I may never love to write about them
In “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be”, what is the author symbolizing in the image of “high piled books” that “Hold like rich garners the full ripened grain”?
His completed poems
For the speaker of “Ode to a Nightingale” the nightfall itself symbolizes all that is…
Timeless
Which image from “Ode to a Nightingale” appeals most directly to the sense of smell?
“Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs/But, in Embalmed darkness, guess each sweet…”
For the speaker in “Ode to a Nightingale” the idea of death is full of…
Relief and ease.
Which line best paraphrases the excerpt from “Ode to a Nightingale”?
Away! Away! For I will fly to thee, Not chariots by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy…
Away! Away! For I will fly to thee, Not chariots by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy…
I will fly to you, not drunk with wine but in the wings of fantasy.
Which line best paraphrases the excerpt from “Ode on a Grecian Urn”?
Ah, happy, happy boughs! That cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu…
Ah, happy, happy boughs! That cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu…
Happy branches, that will never lose your leaves or leave the springtime…
For the author in “Ode on a Grecian Urn” the lovers pictured on the urn symbolize his theme of…
Eternal youth an hope
One of the most important ideas of “Ozymandias” is the…
Meaninglessness of earthly power.
Which sentence best explains who “Ozymandias was?
He was a king of Egypt thousands of years before The author wrote.
What is suggested by the following image from “Ozymandias”?
Round the decay/ Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,/ The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Round the decay/ Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,/ The lone and level sands stretch far away.
Nature is more powerful than any human king.
In “Ozymandias” the author describes only what the traveler saw. What else night the traveler have experienced while looking at the statue?
The heat of the sun
What do you think the political message of “Ozymandias”?
No dictator can ever truly rule absolutely.
The descriptions of the West Wind in the first two sections of “Ode to the West Wind” are dominated by images of…
violence, death, decay, and burial
Which statement best summarizes the author’s depiction of the West Wind in “Ode to the West Wind”
The West Wind’s destructiveness makes new life possible.
Which image best expresses the speaker’s hopes for the West Wind?
“Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is…”
What images do the lines from “Ode to the West Wind” suggest?
Loose clouds like earth’s decaying leaves are shed,/ Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean…
Loose clouds like earth’s decaying leaves are shed,/ Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean…
Heaven and Ocean are like large trees
In “To a Skylark”, what quality does the author perceive and praise above all in the skylark’s existence?
the purity and simplicity of its joy
Which image from “To a Skylark” suggests that the skylark’s music is everywhere at once?
“As from thy presence showers a rain of melody.”
According to the speaker of “To a Skylark”, how is human happiness different form the skylark’s happiness?
Human happiness is always tinged with sorrow.
Which statement best describes the overall image of the skylark presented in “To a Skylark”?
The skylark is often invisible
Which statement best describes the author’s depiction of nature in “Ozymandias”, “Ode to the West Wind” and “To a Skylark”?
Nature has much to teach us
How is the image the author draws of the wind in “Ode to the West Wind” similar to the image he crates of the skylark in “To a Skylark”?
Both are constantly in motion
Which is an abstract idea symbolized by the lamb in the poem “The Lamb”?
innocence
a central idea of “The Lamb” is the…
kindness of the creator
Whom does the author refer to as “He” in “The Lamb”?
the Creator
which word best describes the mood of the illustration accompanying “The Lamb”?
serene
In “The Tyger”, “the forests of the night” most clearly suggest the…
chaos and confusion of living
A central image of “The Tyger” is…
power
In “The Tyger” what is the author most likely suggesting that overcame the starts?
the stars threw down their spears,/ and watered heaven with their tears
the stars threw down their spears,/ and watered heaven with their tears
sadness
The images in the author’s illustrated versions of “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” can be best described as
swirling through the words.
who is describing the action in “Infant Sorrow”?
a newborn infant
What might the “swaddling bands” described in “Infant Sorrow” represent?
confinement
In “The Chimney Sweeper” the “coffins of black” are meant to be symbols for…
death
In the author’s poem “The Chimney Sweeper”, the “green plain” and “clouds” most clearly suggest
heaven or paradise
Which word best describes the attitude of Tom Dacre in “The Chimney Sweeper”
optimistic
which best describes using visuals as a key to meaning?
using illustrations to help understand accompanying text
A central theme of “She walks in Beauty” is the woman’s…
virtue
which line from “She walks in Beauty” best answers the questions “to what does the speaker compare the woman in the poem”?
“She walks in beauty, like the night”
Which pair of lines from “She walks in Beauty” contains an example of personification?
“Where thoughts serenely sweet express/ how pure, how dear their dwelling place”
Why does the speaker of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage admire the ocean?
the ocean is unchanged by human activities
Which question is answered by the line from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage?
I love not man the less, but nature more
I love not man the less, but nature more
How does the narrator feel about nature?
Which lines from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is an example of personification?
“…thou dost arise/ and shake him from thee…”
what does the line from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage suggest?
There is society, where none intrudes
There is society, where none intrudes
Nature itself is sufficient society for an individual.
A central theme of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is the ocean’s…
permanence
A central idea of this excerpt from Don Juan is that the speaker’s…
heart has lost its power to feel
To what is the speaker comparing his life in this line?
I/ have spent my life, both interest and principle…
I/ have spent my life, both interest and principle…
money
To which question do these lines from Don Juan best provide and answer?
my clays of love are over; me no more. The charms of maid; wife, and still less of widow. Can make the fool of which they made before…
my clays of love are over; me no more. The charms of maid; wife, and still less of widow. Can make the fool of which they made before…
what was the speaker like when he was younger?
Which excerpt from Don Juan contains a metaphor?
“…a chymic treasure/ Is glittering youth…”
At the end of the excerpt the speaker appears to be trying to
justify his book
The speaker’s words reveal him to be
vain and cynical.
Which phrase best summarizes the predominant theme of “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”?
the renewing and uplifting fleeting emotions of childhood
Wordsworth’s image “of some hermit’s cave, where by his fire/ The hermit sits alone” could be said to reflect the Romantic’s’ rejection of Neoclassical emphasis on…
society
In “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”, the author describes his second visit to the abbey as more ___ than the first.
reflective
“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”, is a poem that celebrates the power of…
memory
Which lines most directly express Wordsworth’s interest in the discovery of the mystical or the supernatural through nature?
“…a sense sublime/ of something…/ whose dwelling is the light of setting suns…”
Which sentence best describes the meaning of these words from “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”
I cannot paint/ what then I was…
I cannot paint/ what then I was…
I cannot describe what I was like when I was young
“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” is easy to recognize as a Romantic poem because it
describes the narrator’s emotions about a landscape
At the end of “The World Is Too Much With Us”, the author demonstrates by his example the Romantic belief in the
transforming power of the mind
What is the author’s main subject in “The World Is Too Much With Us”?
the frenzied quest for wealth
Which sentence best describes how the Romantic ideal applies to these lines from “London, 1802”?
Oh! raise us up, return to us again; and give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Oh! raise us up, return to us again; and give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Romantics believed humanity was better in the past, before it turned away from nature.
Which sentence best describes the meaning of these words from “London, 1802”
London…is a fen/ Of stagnant waters…
London…is a fen/ Of stagnant waters…
Life in London has become stale
Which lines best summarize the theme of the excerpt from The Prelude
“I lost/ All feeling of conviction”
Why might a Romantic poet like Wordsworth have supported the French Revolution at first?
The Revolutionaries claimed to support the rights and importance of individuals.
Which sentence best describes Romanticism’s attitude toward emotions?
They are an important part of life and an important tool for an artist.
Which phrase from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” contains alliteration?
“Hither to work us weal”
A central theme of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is the…
Sanctity of all wild creatures.
Which line form “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” contains alliteration, consonance, and internal rhyme?
“In mist or cloud, on mast or shroud…”
In which line are alliteration and variations on the o sound most evident, creating a heavy, grim tone?
“And the owlet whoops to the wolf below”
Throughout his narration, the mariner maintains a tone of…
fresh horror and awe.
The dice game between Death and Life-in-Death in “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” suggests that
universal forces are not guided by reason.
At different times throughout “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, the albatross symbolizes
luck, nature, and guilt.
Which of these lines from “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” contains internal rhyme?
“Ah wretch! said they, the bird to slay.”
Which sentence states an important theme of “Kubla Khan”?
Nature has supernatural powers
What sound devices contribute to the poet’s theme in lines like these?
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure dome decree
Linking words create a flowing, dreamlike effect.
In which line is alliteration the dominant sound device?
“Five miles meandering with a mazy motion…”
The final image of “Kubla Khan” is that of the…
poet feverish with inspiration
Which sound device helps to emphasize the largeness of the area of the grounds of the pleasure dome in these lines?
So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round…
So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round…
Assonance–repetition of the long i sound
which is a favorite subject of the Romantics and is most evident in “Kubla Khan”?
the faraway and the exotic
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