Term
Source # 1
Poe, Edgar A. "The Raven." By Edgar Allan Poe : The Poetry Foundation. Web. 23 Apr. 2012. <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/178713>.
DQ Web |
|
Definition
|
"The Raven" Source # 1-A
“Much I marveled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, though its answer little meaning-little relevancy bore; for we cannot help agreeing that no living human being ever yet was blest with seeing bird above his chamber door bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, with such name as "Nevermore."” (Edgar Poe, “The Raven,” poetryfoundation.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
Source # 2
Poe, Edgar A. "Annabel Lee." By Edgar Allan Poe : The Poetry Foundation. Web. 23 Apr. 2012. <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174151>. Source # 2
DQ Web |
|
Definition
|
"Annabel Lee" Source # 2-A
“For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee; and the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes of the beautiful Annabel Lee; and so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride, in the sepulcher there by the sea, in her tomb by the sounding sea.” (Edgar Poe, “Annabel Lee,” poetryfoundation.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
Source # 4
Longfellow, Henry. "A Psalm of Life." By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow : The Poetry Foundation. Web. 23 Apr. 2012. <http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173910>.
DQ Web
|
|
Definition
"A Psalm of Life" Source # 4-A
“In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife!”(Henry Longfellow, “Psalm of Life,” poetryfoundation.org)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
Source # 3
Longfellow, Henry. "Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith"." Blupete. Web. 24 Apr. 2012.
< http://www.blupete.com/Literature/Poetry/Blacksmith.htm>.
DQ Web
|
|
Definition
|
“The Village Blacksmith" Source # 3-A
“His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, and looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.” (Henry Longfellow “The Village Blacksmith,” bluepete.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
Source # 5
Bryant, William C. "A Winter Piece." Poemhunter.com. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-winter-piece/>.
DQ Web
|
|
Definition
|
“A Winter Piece" Source # 5-A
“The time has been that these wild solitudes, yet beautiful as wild, were trod by me oftener than now; and when the ills of life had chafed my spirit--when the unsteady pulse” (William Bryant, “A Winter Piece,”poemhunter.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
Source # 6
Holmes, Oliver. "Old Ironsides." Legal Language Services. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.legallanguage.com/resources/poems/oldironsides/>.
DQ Web
|
|
Definition
|
“Old Ironsides" Source # 6-A
“Oh, better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave; her thunders shook the mighty deep, and there should be her grave; nail to the mast her holy flag, set every threadbare sail, and give her to the god of storms, The lightning and the gale!” (Oliver Holmes, “Old Ironside,” legallanguage.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
Source # 7
Holmes, Oliver. "The Chambered Nautilus." Legal Language Services. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.legallanguage.com/resources/poems/chamberednautilus/>.
DQ Web
|
|
Definition
|
“The Chambered Nautilus" Source # 7-A
“Still, as the spiral grew, he left the past year’s dwelling for the new, stole with soft step its shining archway through, built up its idle door, stretched in his last-found home, and knew the old no more.” (Oliver Holmes, “The Chambered Nautilus,”legallanguage.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
Source # 8
Lowell, James. "The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell • 313 Poems by James Russell LowellEdit." The First Snowfall by James Russell Lowell Classic Famous Poet. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
<http://allpoetry.com/poem/8546813-The_First_Snowfall-by-James_Russell_Lowell>.
DQ Web
|
|
Definition
|
“The First Snowfall" Source # 8-A
“Up spoke our own little Mabel, saying, 'Father, who makes it snow?' and I told of the good All-father who cares for us here below.” (James Lowell, “The First Snowfall,”allpoetry.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
Source # 9
Vance, Vince. "All I Want For Christmas Is You Lyrics." MetroLyrics. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.metrolyrics.com/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-you-lyrics-vince-vance-and-the-valiants.html>.
P Web
|
|
Definition
|
“All I Want for Christmas is You" Source # 9-A
This song provides a remembrance of better times, helping us cope with feelings of the dark times (Vince Vance, “All I Want For Christmas is You,” metrolyrics.com)
P Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
|
Source # 10
Poe, Edgar. "A Valentine by Edgar Allan Poe 65 Poems by Edgar Allan PoeEdit." A Valentine by Edgar Allan Poe Classic Famous Poet. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
<http://allpoetry.com/poem/8448399-A_Valentine-by-Edgar_Allan_Poe>.
DQ Web
|
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Source # 12
Longfellow, Henry. "Drinking Song - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)." Books & Literature Classics. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
<http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/hwlongfellow/bl-hwl-drinking.htm>.
DQ Web |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Source # 11
Longfellow, Henry. "A Shadow." Poem Hunter. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-shadow-6/>.
DQ Web
|
|
Definition
|
“A Shadow" Source # 9-A
“Would be a volume wherein I have read but the first chapters, and no longer see to read the rest of their dear history, so full of beauty and so full of dread” (Henry Longfellow, “A Shadow,” poemhunter.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
Source # 13
Poe, Edgar. "Edgar Allan Poe: El Dorado." Departamento De Matemáticas. Web. 23 Apr. 2012.
<http://www.mat.upm.es/~jcm/poe--shadow.html>.
P Web
|
|
Definition
|
“El Dorado" Source # 9-A
Poe writes about a knights failed attempt at finding the legendary city, describing how he grew old and weak while searching for it. All of a sudden the knight gets hope from an unlikely source to carry on with his journey. (Edgar Poe, “El Dorado,”mat.upm.es)
P Pg. 1
|
|
|
Term
|
“A Winter Piece" Source # 5-B
“Of birds, and chime of brooks, and soft caress of the fresh sylvan air, made me forget the thoughts that broke my peace, and I began to gather simples by the fountain's brink, and lose myself in day-dreams. While I stood in nature's loneliness, I was with one.” (William Bryant, “A Winter Piece,”poemhunter.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
“Old Ironsides" Source # 6-B
“No more shall feel the victor’s tread, or know the conquered knee; — the harpies of the shore shall pluck.” (Oliver Holmes, “Old Ironside,” legallanguage.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
“The First Snowfall" Source # 8-B
“I stood and watched by the window the noiseless work of the sky, and the sudden flurries of snow-birds, like brown leaves whirling by.” (James Lowell, “The First Snowfall,”allpoetry.com)
DQ Pg. 1
|
|
Definition
|
|
