AmLt_CW_Romanticism Quiz_8.30

Read the lines from "A Psalm of Life."

Lives of great men all remind us

We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us

Footprints on the sands of time.

The imagery in the lines suggests that:

• time moves slowly and surely.

• great deeds are remembered in history.

• time is like an unending, perpetual desert.

• each day is equivalent to a grain of sand.

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Read the first stanza of "Auspex."

My heart, I cannot still it,

Nest that had song-birds in it;

And when the last shall go,

The dreary days to fill it,

Instead of lark or linnet,

Shall whirl dead leaves and snow.

The speaker compares his heart to an empty nest in order to:

• show that he feels his life is empty.

• explain that he once had a lark as a pet.

• suggest that his heart is full of dead leaves.

• show that he is looking forward to the future.

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What do the stanzas in "A Psalm of Life" have in common?

• explain the types of birds that he favors

• illustrate the positive qualities of his love.

• describe a physical feeling he is experiencing.

• emphasize the fact that what made his heart sing has left him

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What does each stanza in "Auspex" show?

• They explain the different parts of a thing.

• They show stages in a thought process.

• They show the events of a narrative.

• They display different sides of a problem.

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What does the poem "Auspex" by James Russell Lowell primarily explore?

• several interpretations of the same issue

• different ways the poet approaches his predicament

• the different stages of a natural process

• the ways in which the poet tries to change his circumstances

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How are the speakers of "Auspex" and "A Psalm of Life" similar?

• Both contemplate a kind of loss.

• Both are deeply and desperately in love.

• Both despair at how their lives have transpired.

• Both are angry to see time passing.

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How do the authors of “A Psalm of Life” and "Auspex" use different images to illustrate their themes?

• “Psalm” primarily contains images of conflict, while the images in “Auspex” communicate neutrality.

• The author of “Psalm” chooses dramatic and exciting images to illustrate the theme, while the author of “Auspex” chooses more subtle, quiet images.

• The images in “Psalm” are largely tied to the human body, while the images in “Auspex” come from the natural world.

• “Psalm” contains primarily images of battle and human interactions, while “Auspex” focuses on natural imagery.

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What is the rhyme scheme of the first stanza of "A Psalm of Life"?

• ABBA

• AABB

• ABBC

• ABAB

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Look at the excerpts of 'A Psalm of Life' and 'Auspex' below. Which best describes their rhyme schemes?

• Neither poem follows a strict rhyme scheme.

• The poems follow identical rhyme schemes.

• The poems follow different rhyme schemes.

• Just one of the poems follows a rhyme scheme.

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Select the answer choices below that demonstrate the four characteristics of the Fireside Poets:

• longer narrative poems

• everyday subject matter

• legends like Paul Revere

• follows conventional forms

• short love poems

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