Midterm exam | EN 2223 - English Lit After 1800, Quizzes of English Language

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TERM 1 The Lamb DEFINITION 1 William Blake, Songs of innocence- A child is talking to a lamb- The child is curious if the Lamb knows where he came from- The child tells the lamb that they were made by the same person- Lamb is a symbol of christ TERM 2 The chimney sweeper DEFINITION 2 William Blake, Songs of Innocence- Child speaking about being sold by his father as a chimney sweeper- A fellow chimney sweeper hair was shaved and he was upset about it- The sweepers had a dream of all of them being locked in coffins- An angel came who opened the coffin and set them free- This was a message saying that once they died they would be in a happier place-if they continue to work they will be rewarded with heaven TERM 3 Infant Joy DEFINITION 3 William Blake, songs of Innocence- Mother is speaking for child- The child is two days old and has no name- She calls the child Joy- She talks about how the baby smiles whenever she sings- repetition of the word joy, very insistent, convincing, simplifies things TERM 4 The Tyger DEFINITION 4 William Blake, songs of experience- wants to know who could make such a creature- the diction makes it seem as if something is being made in a workshop-metaphor relating from a blacksmith ---> object and God-----> tyger- There are no answers to the questions being asked TERM 5 The Chimney Sweeper DEFINITION 5 William Blake, Songs of Experience- Child wondering where his parents have gone- Chimney sweeps responds by saying "they are both gone up to church to pray"The Chimney Sweeper 128depressing, cynical, children looking for their father and mother who are dead TERM 6 Ode to a Nightingale DEFINITION 6 John KeatsOpens by saying his heart is aching and he feels numb as if he had taken a drug. He says that he hears a nightingale singing the music of summer from afar.In the second stanza the speaker is saying how he is craving alcohol (wine) and wants to disappear with the nightingale. In the 3rd stanza he describes wanting to fade away and forget the troubles the nightingale has ever known (such as mortality, nothing lasts). 4th stanza, speaker tells nightingale to fly away and he will follow it through poetry. 5th stanza he cannot see the flowers at his feet but can guess what they are. 6th stanza speaker has been half in love with dying but says if he died he wouldn't be able to hear the nightingale anymore. 7th- speaker tells bird that it is immortal and the voice that has been singing has been heard by many. 8th- the sound of the nightingale begins to fade out so the speaker doesn't know if he was awake or asleep the whole time he heard the nightingale TERM 7 Ode on a Grecian Urn DEFINITION 7 John Keats- speaker looks at pictures on an urn that are frozen in time- he says the urn is a historian- wants to know the story on the urn and where they come from- a group of men pursuing women and wants to know the story behind itSecond stanza-speaker looks at a different pic of a young man playing his pipe with his lover underneath a tree- since we can't hear what he is playing is is "sweeter" bc it is unaffected by time- he should not grieve about never kissing his lover because she will never age.Third stanza- happy that the leaves will never fall off of the trees, and that the love between the two will never fade4th stanza-looking at another picture of people going to be sacrificed5th stanza- speaker refers to the whole urn again and says how it will remain to tell its story even after his generation is dead "Beauty is truth and truth is beauty."** overall, he establishes the boundaries of the objects, uses nature of desire (always wanting what you can't have) he also emphasizes the word happy a lot TERM 8 Goblin Market DEFINITION 8 Christina Rossetti- Laura eats fruit from goblin market in trade of some of her hair and returns home to sister lizzie- Laura starts dying so lizzie goes to the goblin market and they try to make her eat some but she doesn't- Laura kisses the fruit juice off of lizzie and is healed- years later the sister tell this story to their children as a cautionary tale and the importance of sisterly love"Eat me, drink me, love me"- represents communionBiblical analysisfruit- forbiddengoblin- serpent/ temptation TERM 9 No, Thank You, John DEFINITION 9 Christina Rossetti- narrator tells john she has never loved him- tells him not to remain single for her- she would say no to fifty johns before saying yes to him-offers a friendship- "treaty": makes it seem as a business deal for her TERM 10 In an Artist Studio DEFINITION 10 Christina Rossettithe speaker is telling us the difference between the model and the actual representation in the painting- the representation is idealized with different names,while the actual model is not the fantasy TERM 21 The Lotos- Eaters DEFINITION 21 Alfred Tennyson1166a crew of sailors arrive to a new country, when they get there they find a lazy tropical place and notice weird people. they are carrying their favorite food (the lotos plant). some of the sailors try the lotos and become lazy and don't want to leave. they claim to miss their families but it would be too much work to get up and return, so they just stay there and eat lotos until they die TERM 22 Charge of the Light Brigade DEFINITION 22 Alfred Tennyson1235600 horsemen of the Light Brigade are ordered to charge forward into a valley, with guns on all sides. They do, and they meet heavy fire. When they encounter their Russian enemies, they attack them, kill some of them, and then retreat down the valley. The gunfire on the way back is just as bad, and many of these heroic soldiers die. TERM 23 The Buried Life DEFINITION 23 Matthew Arnold1375*the feeling of sharing one's thoughts/deep feelings to someone who doesn't understand or care*if we truly know ourselves, we would be mocked or misunderstood*Arnold believes we were made to conceal these feelings*even though we can't see our true selves or nature, we long for it and are constantly self yearning TERM 24 Dover Beach DEFINITION 24 Matthew Arnold1387A couple looks out on the moonlit water and listens to the waves.the waves makes the speaker think first of ancient Greece. Then he turns the sound of the surf into a metaphor for human history, and the gradual, steady loss of faith that his culture has experienced. The poem ends on a heartbreaking note, with the couple clinging to their love in a world of violence and fear and pain TERM 25 Porphyria's Lover DEFINITION 25 Robert Browning 1278- unnamed speaker sits alone- porphyria comes over and puts his head on her shoulder- he then realizes how much she loves him so she strangles her with her hair and lays with her corpse all night- The speaker refers to her yellow blonde hair repeatedly- The fact that the poem opens up with a storm resembles the speaker and how he has an unstable mind TERM 26 My Last Duchess DEFINITION 26 Robert Browning 1282- Duke of ferraras is negotiating with a servant for the counts daughters hand in marriage, so the duke takes the servant upstairs to his private art collection- first pic is of a his former duchess, he tells servant what happened to her- The duchess was easily pleased and smiled at everything which made him jealous, it is inferred that he killed her- they then go down stairs to finish talking and the duke points out that his favorite object is neptune taming a sea horse TERM 27 The bishop orders his tomb... DEFINITION 27 Robert Browning 1286- bishop lies on his deathbed giving orders on how he wants his tomb to be built to his nephews (younger priests)- he wants his tomb to out shine his predecessor Gandolf (rival in church)- Gandolf was jealous of him because of his once lover - he realizes that it probably won't but he will not live to see it