EGL 191 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Speaker Of The United States House Of Representatives, Sonnet, Sestet
EGL 191
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
EGL191 09/26/14
Extended Metaphors
Caged Bid Maya Agelous
- Caged Bird- trapped- cannot reach potential (locked, oppressed)- can voice its opinion
(singing), but cannot do much- can only sing also
o Paradox: Stanza Three- singing of things it does not know- does not know what it
wants, but knows it wants more (does not know what freedom is, but still singing
about it)- TELLS US that freedom is an innate right
- Opening stanza- free bird is flying- ad daes to lai the sky eas aitious id
because trying to claim something limitless – daes akes it see the speake
believes the bird is arrogant
o Can someone claim whole sky? No, but tells us the relationship between bird
and natural world: enjoys ownership
o Santza Four- he aes the sky his o
- Free Bird represents someone who has the power to enjoy freedom and feels entitled-
can be an oppressor because claims things that do not actually belong to him (natural
world for everyone)
- Contrasting metaphor of free bird v. natural world- shows what bird is capable of
- Why use bird metaphor? Makes it universal and personal- symbol that has immediate
connotation of freedom (flying, soaring) and most people do not think of the caged bird
that cannot fly
- Repetition between Stanza Three and Six- shows the caged bird cannot do much except
to sing- form mirrors the plight of the caged bird (no progression)- no hope except for
the song to be heard by someone else
*Enjambment- the otiuatio of a setee ithout pause eyod the ed of a lie spig
is like a pehaps had e.e.uigs- effect is that it keeps fluidity of sentence and thoughts
build from line to line
10/03/16
- Exam 1- 3 sections (matching, short answers on sonnet form, identification of quote title
author and significance)- Kubla Khan, Dover Beach, My Father Walked, and Frost poems
will not be on it
- End Rhyme- matching endings; occur at the end; dictate form
- Shakespearan, Elizabethan, English- all same sonnet- 14 lines, three quatrains (1
introduces problem, 2 builds on it with different angle, 3 same theme with different
angle) and couplet at end that rhyme (twist/ moral)
- Volta- signals shift in argument
- Meter- rhythm, beat; stressed (long) and unstressed (short) syllables
- Iambic Pentameter- 5 beats in metric line where it is 1 short (U) that follows a long (/);
long are the beats
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Sonnet 18
- First Quatrain- lover is better than summer- plays on romantic conventions because
uestioig hethe to opae to sue’s day
- Second Quatrain- sometimes sun is too hot or its dimmed by clouds- summer is
temporary and loses its beauty with time
- Line 9- volta- Third Quatrain- now directly discusses about lover who is better since she
is eternal
- Couplet- speake is aogat eause the soet pesees the loe’s eauty ad that
as long as men are alive, so will the sonnet (elevates poetry)
Sonnet 73
- Theme of love- related to autumn- end of life but not death- parting of lovers
- First Quatrain- tree with few yellow leaves shaking in cold- no singing bird that used to
be there; evokes loss of hope
- Second Quatrain- talking in terms of light and darkness- death is gettig lose suset
fadeth
- Third Quatrain- logs that gave fire fuel is not ash which begins to extinguish fire
- Volta before couplet (aging of speaker → power of love)- finally lover has appeared and
says lover will love even more since he will die soon- nature of love has a life span (not
infinite, makes love more urgent and potent)
Sonnet 130
- All natural images are better than her- she is a normal woman (not over exaggerating)-
more genuine- sees her how she truly is; sees her flaws but still loves her
- Discusses a lot of physical beauty- objectifying if every woman is a goddess
- Volta at ouplet yet- women betrayed by false comparisons because inflates ego or
feels less beautiful than the woman he describes
10/10/16
MLA: do ot etio autho, the … Last ae 11-12)
Elizabethan Sonnet: distinct rhyme scheme, 14 lines, volta (by the couplets), three quatrains
and couplet
Petrarchan (Italian) Sonnet: 14 lines, octave (8; problem) and sestet (6; solution), rhyme
scheme for octave is ABBAABBA and sestet is very flexible, volta occurs between line 8 and 9
Holy “oet 14 Joh Doe
- Love for God- iolet Batte y heat- must be completely annihilated in order to be
built back up
- Line 5- town taken by force (under seige)- war images prior to this line
- Original sin that can only be absolved through devotion- to aothe due- he belongs to
Satan, so he wants God to conquer him- violent battle within the soul
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