AP Literature Final Review

November Cotton Flower

A recollection of a remarkable occurrence

A Modern Comedy

reveal aspects of Soames’s character

The Forerunner

Discusses loss of wit, finding refuge in faith.

Impressions of Theophrastus Such

Describes Touchwood's contradictory, irritable, yet kind nature.

The Female Philosopher

Examines a woman's complex feelings towards love and friendship.

Prologue to a Supposed Play

Introduces a play promising honesty and self-reflection through comedy.

Mansfield Park

A young woman is pressured into marrying a wealthy man she does not find desirable.

On Imagination

Celebrates the power and boundless reach of imagination.

The Education of Henry Adams

To re-create the childhood environment that shaped his perceptions of the world

The Dream

Explores self-serving love and the power of dreams to provide fulfillment.

Sonnet 76

Speaker's self-reproach for repetitive poetic diction, justified by devotion to love.

Brick Lane

Describes a man meticulously preparing for a sightseeing trip, highlighting his excitement and how he does not normally wear such items.

Walking in Paris

A recapturing of a sense of life’s possibilities

Agnes Gray

A character sketch conveyed through anecdote

Low Tide on Grand Pré

Starts with present evening, examines significance of a memory, then returns to a later moment the same evening

Shamengwa

A discussion of a character that provides insights into a particular community

Tom Rivers

The recollection of youthful memories leads to wondering about the location of an old friend.

Secret Stream

A sequential account of an activity sheds light on an individual’s character.

Sestina: Like

create humor through repetition that builds in effect

Mending Wall

unfulfilled impulse to share his personal reflections with the neighbor

A Confederacy of Dunces

present Ignatius’ thought processes as they occur

Srendi Vashtar

Mrs. De Ropp is a strict person who fails to appreciate Conradin’s creative spirit

Letter Home

social commentary using a historical period

The Glass Menagerie

Tom’s description of the gentleman caller and his reference to the postcard from Mazatlan

Sire de Malétroit's Door

Contradictory nature of a character shown through contrasting hands and gaze.

Among Elms and Maples

Speaker is an interpreter

Glory in the Daytime

A housewife's excitement about meeting a famous actress, contrasting with her usual mundane life.

Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

Bookstore is an eerie and magical place

In a Dark Time

a journey of self-confrontation and despair leading to a understanding and acceptance of the self

Atlas of Impossible Longing

Father who is so invested in his hobbies, he neglects his daughter, but he tries

The Collar

a guy who wants to experience sensual pleasures, but he rejects them and limits himself

The Good-Morrow

about two lovers who share worlds and have a relationship more perfect than the natural world

The Death of Allegory

old, grand figures representing big ideas fading away, leaving behind a world focused on simple, everyday things

Everything That Rises Must Converge

A son, irritated by his mother's new hat, dreads their upcoming outing together.

A Musical Instrument

dramatic retelling of a mythological story that resonates with the speaker’s experience

Go Tell It On the Mountain

A emotionally detached boy in a poor, dirty home feels shame and sees his mother's lost happiness.

Verses Occasioned by a Young Lady’s asking the Author, What was a Cure for Love?

love has no cure and always wins against reason or attempts to change it.

Lila

Survivalist named Lila who is returning to the shack after a long absence

Sweat

Ex-communicated Synthia talks to Third party stan about locked out workers

Giving Back the Flower

The poem shifts between the speaker's memories of the past and her jumble of thoughts and emotions in the present.

Lightness

The speaker includes the husband’s term of endearment “Birdie” (line 29) to suggest the husband’s recognition of his wife’s graceful approach to her worsening condition.

The Professor at the Breakfast Table

divinity students foreshadowed death - his tormented thoughts and his subdued physical reaction

Open City

Guy is in a dangerous situation way up high enjoying the stars

Night

Earth is a character that gradually experiences pleasure, night vs light

A Poet to his Baby Son

a concise and counterintuitive message