Nature Poems Study Guide Questions



Nature Poems Study Guide Questions

Answer all question in COMPLETE sentences.

“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”

1) What way does the change in meter in lines 5, 10, and 15 affect the mood of the entire poem?

2) How is imagery used in this poem? Cite specific examples.

3) What happened to the traveler? Cite specific examples.

4) What line is repeated? What effect does this have on the poem?

5) What is personified? What does this poem suggest about humanity and nature?

6) What is the rhyme scheme?

“Thanatopsis”

1. Did this poem make you think of Nature in a new way? Why or why not?

2. How does the speaker find comfort in Nature’s “various language”? What are the two languages the speaker notes about Nature?

3. How would you summarize the poet’s attitude toward life and death?

4. Describe the shift that occurs in the poem.

5. Now that you’ve read the poem, what do you think the title means?

“The Snowstorm”

1) What is personified in this poem?

2) How does Emerson’s description of the snowstorm reflect his Transcendentalist beliefs?

3) What is the author’s attitude toward snow? What proof is there?

Nature Poems Study Guide Questions

Answer all question in COMPLETE sentences.

“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”

1) What way does the change in meter in lines 5, 10, and 15 affect the mood of the entire poem?

2) How is imagery used in this poem? Cite specific examples.

3) What happened to the traveler? Cite specific examples.

4) What line is repeated? What effect does this have on the poem?

5) What is personified? What does this poem suggest about humanity and nature?

6) What is the rhyme scheme?

“Thanatopsis”

1. Did this poem make you think of Nature in a new way? Why or why not?

2. How does the speaker find comfort in Nature’s “various language”? What are the two languages the speaker notes about Nature?

3. How would you summarize the poet’s attitude toward life and death?

4. Describe the shift that occurs in the poem.

5. Now that you’ve read the poem, what do you think the title means?

“The Snowstorm”

1) What is personified in this poem?

2) How does Emerson’s description of the snowstorm reflect his Transcendentalist beliefs?

3) What is the author’s attitude toward snow? What proof is there?

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