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Which characteristic of American Romanticism is evident in these lines from Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life"?
            Lines 21-22: "Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! / Let the dead Past bury its dead!"
A. Simplicity
B. Beauty of nature
C. Self-reliance

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           A Psalm of Life
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!--
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
4- And things are not what they seem.
 
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
8- Was not spoken of the soul.
 
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
12- Find us farther than to-day.
 
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
16- Funeral marches to the grave.
 
Which line from Longfellow's poem "A Psalm of Life" would you cite to show the American Romantic characteristic of the importance of the individual, of taking charge of one's life and making a difference?
A. 9- "Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; "
B. 19- "Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!"
C. 14- "And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still...are beating Funeral marches to the grave."

THE LADY, OR THE TIGER?

 Vocabulary

Emanated - v. - originated, sprang

E.g.: Although its form and plan were borrowed from afar, its purpose emanated solely from the brain of this man. 

Genial - adj. - friendly, pleasant

E.g.: His nature was bland and genial.

Fervent - adj. - passionate, intense

E.g.: His daughter was as blooming as his most florid fancies and had a soul as fervent as his own.

Imperious - adj. - domineering, commanding 

E.g.: His daughter was as blooming as his most florid fancies and had a soul as imperious as his own.

Novel - adj. - new, unusual

 

Which is the correct use of the word fervent?

A. Ella had a fervent desire to finish her difficult project.

B. The main character in the play was boring, stale, and fervent.

C. Her fervent dislike for mushrooms was evident as she eagerly gobbled them up.

Upon the Burning of our House, July 10th 1666
                by Anne Bradstreet
In silent night when rest I took,
For sorrow near I did not look,
I waken'd was with thund'ring noise
And piteous shrieks of dreadful voice.
 
5 - That fearful sound of "Fire! and "Fire!"
Let no man know is my desire.
I, starting up, the light did spy.
And to my God my heart did cry
To strengthen me in my Distress
 
10- And not to leave me succourless."
Then coming out, beheld a space
The flame consume my dwelling place.
And when I could no longer look,
I blest His grace that gave and took,
 
15- That laid my goods now in the dust.
Yea, so it was, and so 'twas just.
It was His own; it was not mine.
Far be it that I should repine;
He might of all justly bereft"
 
20- But yet sufficient for us left.
When by the Ruins oft I past
My sorrowing eyes aside did cast
And here and there the places spy
 
"Then straight I 'gin my heart to chide: / And did thy wealth on earth abide?"
Which is another way to write these lines without using inverted syntax?
A. And did thy wealth on earth abide, I straight began to chide my heart.
B. Straightaway I began to chide my heart: did thy wealth abide on earth?
C. I began straight my heart to chide: and on earth did thy wealth abide?

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