1. The Girl I Left Behind Me Eastman Johnson
Directions: Answer these on a sheet of notebook paper. You will hand them in at the end of class.
What is the mood of the painting? How do you know?
Why do you think the artist painted the sky the way it is painted?
What characteristic of Realist literature does this painting most remind you of? Why?

2. “The Girl I Left Behind Me”
I'm lonesome since I crossed the hill And o’er the moor and valley Such heavy thoughts my heart do fill Since parting with my Sally I seek no more the fine and gay For each does but remind me How swift the hours did pass away With the girl I left behind me