Across
- 3. This story uses the element of enjambment
- 5. He became a published poet at 15 years old
- 6. Disturbance of the emotions
- 8. The writer’s attitude towards their subject
- 9. His motto was to “trust thyself”
- 12. This story uses the element of transcendentalism
- 16. Feeling of doubt, mistrust, or uncertainty
- 19. A group of poets from New England, whose work was morally uplifting.
- 20. A group of people who advocated the idea of a personal knowledge of God
- 21. A poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- 22. One who does not follow generally accepted beliefs, customs, or practices
- 23. To examine a writer’s ideas carefully and make judgements.
- 25. This passage is about Thoreau approving of people serving the state with their consciences.
- 27. To briefly restate a writer’s ideas.
- 28. The underlying message or the central idea of a work
- 29. The idea that humankind, nature, and God are all interconnected
- 30. A poet who wrote “Thanatopsis”
Down
- 1. Acting with sudden or ash energy;hasty
- 2. In an unhurried and thoughtful manner
- 4. To spread through every part of
- 7. A simpleminded poet who believes in the idea of nature
- 10. This is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece.
- 11. Thoreau heads here for two years before going back into society
- 13. Suited to one’s needs or nature
- 14. “The day returns, but nevermore returns the traveler to the shore”
- 15. The type of language that makes abstract ideas easier to grasp.
- 17. To violate a command or law
- 18. Short accounts of personal incidents
- 24. Contemptible or wretched
- 26. To create vivid impressions for the reader.