Across
- 5. An intellectual movement that emphasized the dignity of the individual and advocated a simple, mindful life
- 6. Short accounts of personal incidents
- 7. To spread through every part of
- 9. Suited to one's needs or nature agreeable
- 15. Life is support
- 16. Worked off and on as a pencil maker in his family’s pencil factory
- 17. Disturbance of the emotions agitation uneasiness
- 18. Restating the author's main idea
- 20. Everyday is a new day so we shouldn’t take it for granted, time never stops
- 21. An unhurried and thoughtful manner
- 22. At age 13 he became a published poet
- 25. Creates vivid expression for the reader
- 26. Acting with sudden or rash energy
- 28. To violate a command or law
- 29. Affirm unity with nature
Down
- 1. One who does not follow generally accepted beliefs customs or practices
- 2. Entered Harvard when he was only 14
- 3. People should always follow their individual conscience.
- 4. A philosophical and literary movement that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination.
- 8. Contemptible
- 10. A writer's idea you must examine them carefully and then make judgment about their values
- 11. Emphasized moral themes in work, were viewed as equals of british poets of the day, stressed individualism and an appreciation of nature.
- 12. Makes abstract ideas more appealing and easier to grasp
- 13. Was a fireside poet who wrote the poem (thanatopsis)
- 14. People should distance themselves from the world and focus on their own nature
- 19. Do whatever you want and don’t pay attention to what others think.
- 23. Is the underlying message or the central idea of a work which can be stated in one sentence.
- 24. Attitude towards his or her subject
- 27. A feeling of doubt mistrust or uncertainty
- 28. People shouldn’t be afraid of death because it is like laying down to “pleasant dreams”