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