Final Exam Project

By: AleMarGab

Content Overview

Part One

In his call to arms, “Beat! Beat! Drums!,” Whitman calls on the sounds of drums and bugles to pierce every silent place, to leave no person undisturbed with their noise. They must disturb the churches, the schools, the farms, and those that are in love. If anyone tries to do anything resembling normal life – if the brokers and speculators continue their trade, if the lawyers attempt to argue a case in court, or if a singer attempts to sing – they must be drowned out by the sound of the drums and the bugles.

Beat! Beat! Drums!

•Whitman wrote the majority of “Beat! Beat! Drums!” in 1865, just before the end of the American Civil War therefore the Beating of drums refers to the calling of war. •Whitman belongs to the Romantic period specifically this poem brings about characteristics of Emotion over Reason since through the poem Whitman brings us a strong feeling of uneasiness and disturbance that, expressing his low outlook on war, conveying it as something that leaves everyone affected and uneasy. War does not only make the soldiers suffer but affects whole communities of people. • Literary Devices include:Free Verse, however Whitman does create a sense of rhyth through repetition. Whitman also uses parallelism and Onomatopoeia

Spotted Hawk The “Spotted Hawk” is a ‘canto’ or poetic excerpt from

Walt Whitman’s series of poems Song of Myself. It is the last of these poems through which Whitman tries to open a window into other people’s lives and experience their emotions and lifestyles, showing his empathy.

In this particular canto, Whitman summarizes the cycle of poems by writing about his poetic spirit, and how it is ever-present by stating “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love If you want me again look for me under your boot soles” he compares himself to the omnipresent dirt under our shoes.

Spotted Hawk shows the Romantic characteristics of a love of nature in a way that Whitman not only shows great admiration for his surroundings but also considers himself to be a part of everything that surrounds him. This canto also shows an interest in the supernatural, in the way that he expresses the idea that through his poetry he will be eternal.

Spoon River George Gray by Edgar Lee Masters This poem tells the story of a man

who regrets not taking the opportunities he was given continually in his life out of fear of failure. He states that ambition, love, and sorrow all knocked at his door yet he was afraid to answer their calls. Now upon telling the story of his life (he is now dead like the other inhabitants of Spoon River) he expresses regret for never putting any meaning into his life.

This work is of the realistic period of American Literature and it portrays this through the characteristics of emphasis on the psychology of the character and the act that which is something most people have done or can relate to.

Literary devices include: Metaphor- In that life is a boat that must

catch sail of the winds of destiny Personification: Love, Sorrow, and

ambition knock on his door.

Literary Terms DefinedCadence- The musical run of words that

rises and falls as the poet sings the song.Catalog- A list of things, people, or events. Special Effects- The use of sounds-including

rhythm, rhyme, meter, alliteration, onomatopoeia, assonance, and prepetition-to create specific effects.

Internal Rhyme- Rhyme that occurs within a line of verse

Repetition- To state the same line within a poem, usually as a form of rhythm or emphasis

Metaphor- A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison

Free Verse- having no fixed metrical pattern Meter- The rhythmic pattern of a stanza, the

measured arrangement of words in poetry, as by accentual rhythm, or the number of syllables in a line

Saress’s Pop QuizInstructions: Questions 1- 8 have a

quotation, choose the literary term that the excerpt best

embodies

Part Two

"Once upon a midnight dreary, as I pondered weak and weary” 1. Cadence2. Imagery3. Irony4. Metaphor

“And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the sideOf my darling- my darling- my life and my bride….”

-Edgar Allan Poe, from “Annabel Lee”

A. Rhyme B. Lyric poemC. Internal rhymeD. Free verse

“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;All the King's horses and all the King's menCouldn't put Humpty together again”A. Internal RhymeB. RepetitionC. ParadoxD. Lyric Poem

“The word bites like a fish.Shall I throw it back freeArrowing to that seaWhere thoughts lash tail and fin?Or shall I put it inTo rhyme upon a dish?”

A. CadenceB. Free verseC. Internal rhymeD. Metaphor

A. Repetition B. HyperboleC. Free verseD. Blank verse

“so much depends upon-

a red wheel barrow-

glazed with rainwater-

beside the white chickens.

Alexandra MendezGabriel CasalGustavo Vizcarrondo Carlos Alfaro

A. Inversion B. CatalogC. Parallel structure D. Pun

Two roads / di verged / in a yel / low wood .......4 feet: (spondee) (iambic) (anapest) (iambic)A. Simile B. Meter C. Imagery D. hyperbole

The Use of sounds such as:Vrooom Swish, swishClank, clank, clank

A. Special effectsB. Slant rhyme C. Tone D. Inversion

How have you done so far?Just to make sure you understood the stories

Some literature questions

Part Three

The following excerpt from Beat! Beat! Drums! is an example of what?

Mind not the timid—mind not the weeper or prayer; Mind not the old man beseeching the young manIs an example of?

A. ParallelismB. OnomatopoeiaC. MetaphorD. Free Verse

The main idea of Beat! Beat! Drums! is what?

A. How war affects entire communities

B. The devastating effects of War

C. How a soldier endures torture

D. A poem about a battle cry

Through Beat! Beat! Drums! Whitman uses:

A. Lack of rhythm

B. An established meter

C. Iambic pentameter

D. Free Verse

Beat! Beat! Drums! Is from what Literary Period?

A.Romantic

B.Romantic and Realistic

C. Transcendentalist

D. Realistic

Spotter Hawk predominantly portrays the Romantic characteristics of:

A. Exoticism

B. Nationalism

C. Emotion vs. Rationality

D. Love of Nature

“I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love If you want me again look for me under your boot soles”Displays the artist’s belief that: A. Man can triumph over death

B. Reincarnation

C. When he dies, he will become one with mother earth

D. Trough his poetry, he will always be present

A canto is a:A. Spanish song

B. A poem with Mexican influence

C. Poetic excerpt from a larger work

D. Spanish for “a solo vocal piece”

Through the poem Spotted Hawk Whitman shows:

A. Confidence in his work

B. A belief in the eternal

C. A triumph of emotion over reason

D. Beautiful Imagery portraying a Majestic Animal

The poems of Spoon River display the Realistic qualities of:

A. Emphasis of the plot of the story rather than the characters

B. Having a determined rhyme scheme

C. Portraying the figures psychology

D. Interest in the Supernatural specifically the after life

“Sorrow Knocked at my door” Is an example of:

A.Metaphor

B.Personification

C. Alliteration

D.Simile

“And now I know that we must lift the sail, and catch the winds of destiny” Is an example of:

A. Metaphor

B. Personification

C. Alliteration

D. Simile

The poem of George Gray advises the reader to:

A. Take advantage of all of life’s opportunities

B. Enjoy all of life’s passing moments

C. Conquer all irrational fear

D. Make long, life lasting connections with others

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