Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems: 'A Psalm of Life' and 'The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls', Study notes of Art

Download Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems: 'A Psalm of Life' and 'The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls' and more Study notes Art in PDF only on Docsity! Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “A Psalm of Life” pg. 258 Instructions: Answer all questions in bullet-point format. 1. S1: What does the speaker not want to face? 2. S2: What does he want to believe instead? 3. S3: What is the true purpose of life? Explain what he might mean by this? 4. S4: What might he mean by “Art”? Why does he say it is “long”? 5. S4: What two things does he say are limited? 6. S5: What does he compare the world to? What should we do during it? 7. S6: What other advice does he offer? 8. S7: Who are these “great men”? What can we learn from them? 9. S8: What do the “footprints” stand for? How can they benefit others? 10. S9: Finally, he advises the reader to do what two things? 11. Find examples of the following poetry terms (10 points): stanza type: symbol: rhyme scheme: alliteration: simile: assonance: metaphor: imagery: personification: tone: 12. What is the topic and theme of this poem? 13. Why is this poem considered Romantic? Hint: refer to the 5 “I”s. Find as many reasons as you can.