Abeka English Literature Test 8 Flashcard
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Samuel Johnson
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The greatest writer of the 18th century
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Samuel Johnson
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"A Short Song of Congratulation"
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James Boswell
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
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The greatest biography in English literature
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1747
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The year Johnson begin to work on his dictionary
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"The Rambler"
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Largely known newspaper work of Johnson
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Matthew Henry
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Meeting God in the Morning
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Isaac Watts
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Father of English Hymnody
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John Rippon
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The first Baptist hymnal
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Joseph Addison
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"How Are Thy Servants Blest, O Lord"
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Isaac Watts
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"Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove"
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Isaac Watts
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"Jesus Shall Reign"
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Isaac Watts
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"The Heavens Declare Thy Glory, Lord"
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Philip Doddridge
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"O Happy Day"
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Philip Doddridge
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"How Gentle God's Commands"
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Charles Wesley's
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Whose hymns were the first evangelistic hymns in our language?
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Charles Wesley
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"Jesus, Lover of My Soul"
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Charles Wesley
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"Soldiers of Christ, Arise"
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Charles Wesley
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"Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus"
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Augustus Toplady
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"Rock of Ages"
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John Newton
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"Amazing Grace"
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John Newton
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"Fellowship with Christ"
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"Fellowship with Christ"
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Christ is our truest source of comfort and happiness
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John Newton
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"How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds"
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"How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds"
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Jesus' name brings comfort and healing
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John Newton
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"Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken"
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Poetic diction
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Language that is reserved for poetry only
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William Cowper
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"Joy and Peace in Believing"
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William Cowper
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"Walking with God"
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"Walking with God"
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Based on the life of Enoch
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"Joy and Peace in Believing"
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Because of God we can rejoice when times are hard
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William Cowper
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"The Castaway"
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William Cowper
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"Light Shining Out of Darkness"
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"Light Shining Out of Darkness"
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"God moves in a mysterious way/ His wonders to perform;"
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William Cowper
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The Task
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The Task
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Presents nature as God's creation for man to enjoy
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Elegy
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A melancholy poem which reflects on nature and death
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Elegy written in a country churchyard
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One of the best-known poems in the English language
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Thomas Gray
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"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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A memorial to obscure humble people who lie buried in the churchyard
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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"Full many a gem of purest ray serene/ The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear;/ Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,/ And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
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Oliver Goldsmith
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The Deserted Village
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The Deserted Village
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Lamenting the rural simplicity of old times
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The Deserted Village
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His best companions, innocence and health;/ And his best riches, ignorance of wealth.
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Oliver Goldsmith
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Elegy on the death of a mad dog
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Elegy on the death of a mad dog
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The man recover'd of the bite,/ The dog it was that died.
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William Blake
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The lamb
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William Blake
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The Tyger
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The Tyger
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What does William Blake use to symbolize evil?
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The Tyger
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"Tyger! Tyger! burning bright/ in the forests of the night,
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William Blake
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The clod and the pebble
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William Blake
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London
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William Blake
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Auguries of Innocence
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London
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Human nature is corrupt and fallen
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Robert Burns
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Scotland's greatest poet
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Apostrophe
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Words addressed to an inanimate object as if it were a person
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Robert Burns
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Afton water
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Robert Burns
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A red red rose
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Robert Burns
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John Anderson, My Jo
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Robert Burns
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A Man's a Man for a' That
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Robert Burns
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Bruce's address to his army at Bannockburn
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A Man's a Man for a' That
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Praising the love of liberty by praising the worth of individuals
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Bruce's address to his army at Bannockburn
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Liberties and every blow!-/ Let us do, or die!
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Robert Burns
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Auld lang syne
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Auld lang syne
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Nostalgic remembrance of the past
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Robert Burns
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To a mouse
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To a mouse
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The best laid schemes o' mice an' men,/ Gang aft agley,
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Robert Burns
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To a Louse
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To a Louse
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O was some Pow'r the giftie gie us/ To see oursels as ithers see us!/ It was frae mony a blunder free us,/ An' foolish notion!
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Robert Burns
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The Cotter's Saturday Night
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The Cotter's Saturday Night
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Describes a pious Scottish life
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The Cotter's Saturday Night
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'An' honest man's the noblest work of God';
