Fireside Poets

Question 1

How do "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" differ in how they describe the concept of time?

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A: “Psalm” suggests that the passage of time cannot defeat the soul, while “Auspex” indicates that it can.

Question 2

How do the authors of “A Psalm of Life” and "Auspex" use different images to illustrate their themes?

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D: “Psalm” contains primarily images of battle and human interactions, while “Auspex” focuses on natural imagery.

Question 3

Read the quotation from "A Psalm of Life."Let the dead past bury its dead!What is the effect of the repetition of the word “dead” in this line?

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C: It reinforces the idea that one should live in the present, not in the past.

Question 4

What imagery do "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" have in common?

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C: Both poems make reference to the heart.

Question 5

What is the main idea of the first stanza of "Auspex"?

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C: Though I cannot slow myself down right now, one day my heart will stop beating so quickly, and I will slow down.

Question 6

How do the themes of "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" differ?

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D: While “Psalm” argues that the soul continues after death, “Auspex” indicates that time destroys the heart’s passions.

Question 7

Which best describes the rhyme schemes in "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex"?

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C: The poems follow different rhyme schemes.

Question 8

What do the stanzas in "A Psalm of Life" have in common?

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B: They show stages in a thought process.

Question 9

Read the lines from "A Psalm of Life."Art is long, and Time is fleeting,And our hearts, though stout and brave,Still, like muffled drums, are beatingFuneral marches to the grave.The use of the words “stout and brave” suggests that “our hearts” are

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C: courageous and determined.

Question 10

Read the lines from "A Psalm of Life."Lives of great men all remind usWe can make our lives sublime,And, departing, leave behind usFootprints on the sands of time.The imagery in the lines suggests that

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B: great deeds are remembered in history.

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