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Poetry analysis of the poem #Thanatopsis.
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What does the poet want you to understand after reading lines 48–50?
More people have died than are now living.
Of all people, the dead are the least important.
The people who died now watch the living.
All of the people on earth come from the dead.
2
What does the speaker say that nature does for you when you are happy?
speaks nonsense
heals illness
shows her beauty
displays sharpness
3
What characteristic of Romanticism does this poem connect to?
Importance of the Individual
Strong Emotiongs
Awe of Nature
Importance of Childhood
4
The speaker suggests that you should go outside and enjoy nature’s beauty when... (Lines 8-14)
Friends seem thoughtful
You wish to go to the sea
You worry about death
A family member dies
5
He breaks for a third stanza after line 72. He did this to highlight the 3rd stanza’s mood of
anxiety
quietness
hopefulness
indifference
6
What does the speaker mean by “Couch more magnificent” in line 33?
the poet's bed
a place to sit
a king's throne
the whole earth
7
What literary device is being used in lines 10-11
Similie
Alliteration
Rhyme
Onomatopoeia
8
Iambic Pentameter has a total of how many iambic feet?
5
10
4
6
9
The poet uses blank verse in lines 58–61 because the sound of natural speech reinforces
that your death will affect others
the truth that everyone will die
. that you will never be forgotten
the sadness of a lonely death
10
Who does the speaker say you will lie with when you die (Lines 33-37)?
Your closest friends
Some Elderly People
Angels and Spirits
Kings and Good People
11
The theme of “Thanatopsis” strongly suggests that human beings are—
not capable of improving their lives
the highest form of living things
doomed to live in dread of death
an ongoing part of the earth itself
12
What literary device is being used to describe nature in lines 2-8?
Similie
Personification
Assonance
Rhyme
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What advice does the poet seem to offer about how to live?
Find love and happiness for yourself in nature.
Live with an acceptance, not fear, of death.
Spend time outside so you appreciate death.
Worry only about remembering the dead.
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The speaker tells you to approach death (Lines 77-81)....
Sustained and soothed
with a silent fear
like a sluggish clod
Only at night
