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3. Industrial Revolution
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Industrial Revolution
American Romanticism
Poetic Terms
Fireside Poets
Washington
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4. “No more shall feel the victor’s tread,/ or know conquered knee/ The harpies of the shore shall pluck/ The eagle of the sea!”
A 100

5. Oliver Wendell Holmes
“Old Ironsides”
A 100

6. But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls:/
The little waves, with their soft, white hands,/
Efface the footprints in the sands,
A 200

7. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”

8. “Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul/ As the swift seasons roll!/ Leave thy low vaulted past!/ Let each new temple, nobler than the last,/ Till though art at length free,/ Leaving thine outgrown shell by life’s unresting sea!
A 300

9. “The Chambered Nautilus”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“The Chambered Nautilus”
A 300

10. “In the long, sleepless watches of the night,/ A gentle face – the face of one long dead/ Looks at me from the wall, where round its head/ The night lamp casts a halo of pale light.”
A 400

11. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“Cross of Snow”
A 400

12. “By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave,/ Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch/ About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.”
A 500

13. William Cullen Bryant
“Thanatopsis”
A 500

14. The I. R. had this positive result for U. S
The I.R. had this positive result for U.S. businesses and the country’s economy.
B 100

15. More goods were being produced more quickly.

16. This new development or device allowed production speed and efficiency to rapidly increase for factories.
B 200

17. The Assembly Line
B 200

18. Even though the I. R. allowed mass immigration to occur in the U. S
Even though the I.R. allowed mass immigration to occur in the U.S., these negative effects were the result.
(- mention 2)
B 300

19. Poor housing conditions/ghettos form
Overcrowding
Poor housing conditions/ghettos form
Childhood labor among very poor families
B 300

20. Those arguing against the I. R
Those arguing against the I.R. stated these “natural” reasons protesting industry…
B 400

21. Nature was being sacrificed for greed.
Nature was becoming tainted, polluted, and less commonly noticed b/c of all the industry.
Nature was being sacrificed for greed.
B 400

22. Romanticism was a response to both the Industrial Revolution and this earlier literary movement.

23. Rationalism OR
Colonialism
B 500

24. This form of writing is considered Romanticism’s highest expression of imagination.

25. Poetry
C 100

26. Romantic writers placed faith in the power of _______, and instead of finding inspiration in towns and civilization, Romantic writers found it in ________.
C 200

27. Imagination & Nature
C 200

28. Irving’s classic Romantic character Rip Vann Winkle possesses any of these 2 qualities of the Romantic hero.
C 300

29. Loves nature; avoids town life Is innocent and pure to purpose
3. Has knowledge of people and life based on intuition, not formal learning
C 300

30. DAILY DOUBLE
DAILY DOUBLE
Place A Wager
C 400

31. American Romantic writers rejected rationalism because they believed Romanticism was superior for this reason.
C 400

32. The imagination could apprehend truths that the “rational” mind could never reach.

33. The American Romantic movement spanned these dates in history…

34.
C 500

35. This poetic device gives human qualities to non-human things, as in “And many an eye has danced to see/ That banner in the sky.”
D 100

36. Personification
D 100

37. This poetic device directly compares two things that are not usually very similar, as in “Human spiders spin and spin,/ Backward down their threads so thin/ Dropping, each a hempen bulk.”
D 200

38. Metaphor
D 200

39. “And through the clothesline posts/ Looked in like tall and sheeted ghosts.”
This poetic device compares two things that are not usually very similar by using the words “like” or “as”.
D 300

40. Simile
D 300

41. This poetic device uses language to evoke a picture or concrete sensation of one of the five senses.
“We watched the first red blaze appear,/ Heard the sharp crackle, caught the gleam/ On whitewashed wall and sagging beam.”
D 400

42. Imagery
D 400

43. This poetic device uses the repetition of consonant sounds to add emphasis or effect, as in “Yet a few days, and thee/ The all beholding sun shall see no more/ In all his course.”
D 500

44. Alliteration
D 500

45. In Whittier’s “Snow-Bound,” the poet makes multiple shifts from reality to fantasy and back for what Romantic reason?
E 100

46. He is showing how one’s memory remains childlike.
He is attempting to show usage and the importance of the imagination to Romanticism.
E 100

47. In other words, what does he say this sort of labor does to people?
How does Longfellow’s “The Ropewalk” respond to the hard, physical labor Americans are performing?
In other words, what does he say this sort of labor does to people?
E 200

48. It dehumanizes them
E 200

49. What message does the refrain communicate in Longfellow’s “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls through the overall repetition of the poem?
E 300

50. That regardless of the path of each person’s life, Nature will still continually take its course.

51. Think about the way in which Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis” is constructed and then what it discusses.
Based upon what occurs within the piece, this makes his poem a good example of Romantic literature.
E 400

52. The natural environment has provoked deep emotions and new insights into the original speaker.
The original speaker looked to Nature to answer his questions about life and death.
E 400

53. In Holmes’ “The Chambered Nautilus,” the poet develops an extended metaphor in which he compares these two things…
E 500

54. An empty shell to a body that once housed a soul

55. In Irving’s “Rip Vann Winkle,” this is most momentous historical event that takes place during Rip’s long sleep.
F 100

56. The Revolutionary War
F 100

57. In Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker,” what is the meaning of prominent people’s names carved into trees, some of which have been chopped down and are ready to burn?
F 200

58. The trees symbolize human souls; the owners of these souls have made deals with the devil.

59. In Irving’s “Rip Vann Winkle,” what are two symbols of the newly created United States of America that Rip does not recognize after he has returned?
F 300

60. The American Flag
The Portrait of General Washington
F 300

61. Irving’s “The Devil and Tom Walker” is distinctly Romantic because of its nature imagery and these other traits.
F 400

62. Inspiration is found in old myths, legends, or folklore
Imagination
Exotic settings
Inspiration is found in old myths, legends, or folklore
F 400

63. Irving’s “Rip Vann Winkle” portrays early American life very accurately. This short story is distinctly American for any of these reasons.
F 500

64. Takes place in Colonial America
Makes use of American setting (mountains, river, town, etc.)
References the Revolutionary War
References the newly established American government
F 500

65. Comparing early literary movements:
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Romantic writers rejected Rationalism and adopted beliefs of Romanticism for any of these reasons.
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Romanticism states that imagination can access ideas that the rational mind cannot reach.
Romantic writers feel human emotion and feeling are valued over reason.
Romantic writers highlight the “fantastic” or “marvelous” aspects of humanity when Rationalists only rely upon reason.
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