Thanatopsis

Who does the speaker say you ill lie with when you die?

• your closest friends

• angels and spirits

• some elderly people

• kings and good people

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

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What does the poet want you to understand after reading lines 48-50?

• The people who died now watch the living. 

• Of all people, the dead are the least important.

• All of the people on earth come from the dead.

• Many more people have died than are now living. 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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The poet uses blank verse in lines 58-61 because the sound of natural speech reinforces

• that your death will affect others

• that you will never be forgotten

• the truth that everyone will die

• the saness of a lonely death

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The speaker's reference to death as a "mysterious realm" indicates that he or she

• lacks a complete understanding of death

• wonders what people look like after death

• thinks people will travel to the sun at death

• imagines that dead people dream forever

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Thanatopsis means

• seeing is believing

• nature is everlasting

• grow through trials

• view of death

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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The speaker tells you to approach death

• only "at night"

• "sustained and soothed"

• like a "sluggish clod"

• with a "silent" fear

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What advice does the poet seem to offer about how to live?

• Live with an acceptance, not fear, of death. 

• Worry only about remembering the dead.

• Spend time outside so you appreciate death.

• Find love and happiness for yourself in nature. 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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The speaker suggests that you should go outside and enjoy nature's beauty when

• family members die

• you wish to go to sea

• you worry about death

• friends seem thoughtful

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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When "Thanatopsis" moves from stanza 1 to stanza 2, what happens to the mood?

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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What does "Thanatopsis" encourage us to do when thoughts of death or "the last bitter hour" come?

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