Untitled Flashcards Set

Front: Jonathan Swift, “A Satirical Elegy on the Death of the Late Famous General”
Back: Form: Couplet; Theme: Satire and criticism of political figures and their false legacies.

Front: A. E. Housman, “Loveliest of Trees the Cherry Now”
Back: Form: Couplet; Theme: The fleeting nature of life and the importance of appreciating beauty.

Front: George Gordon, Lord Byron, “So We’ll Go No More a Roving”
Back: Form: Quatrain; Theme: Aging, reflection, and the end of youthful indulgence.

Front: Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam 2, “Old yew that graspest at the stones”
Back: Form: Quatrain; Theme: Grief, mourning, and nature's indifference to loss.

Front: Robert Frost, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”
Back: Form: Quatrain; Theme: Solitude, duty, and the allure of rest.

Front: John Keats, “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
Back: Form: Ode; Theme: Art's timeless beauty and the tension between permanence and human experience.

Front: Sir Philip Sidney, “Astrophil and Stella” I
Back: Form: Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet; Theme: Unrequited love and poetic inspiration.

Front: Sir Thomas Wyatt, “Whoso List to Hunt, I Know Where is an Hind”
Back: Form: Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet; Theme: Desire, unattainable love, and social hierarchy.

Front: William Shakespeare, Sonnet 73
Back: Form: Shakespearean Sonnet; Theme: Aging, mortality, and the power of love.

Front: William Shakespeare, Sonnet 94
Back: Form: Shakespearean Sonnet; Theme: Power, restraint, and moral character.

Front: William Shakespeare, Sonnet 130
Back: Form: Shakespearean Sonnet; Theme: Realistic love and rejection of idealized beauty.

Front: Robert Frost, “Design”
Back: Form: Argument Sonnet; Theme: The sinister implications of nature's patterns.

Front: William Wordsworth, “The World is Too Much with Us”
Back: Form: Argument Sonnet; Theme: Criticism of materialism and a longing for spiritual connection with nature.

Front: William Shakespeare, “To Be or Not to Be” (Hamlet, III, I, 55—87)
Back: Form: Blank Verse; Theme: Existential reflection on life, death, and uncertainty.

Front: Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloomed”
Back: Form: Free Verse; Theme: Grief, mourning, and Lincoln’s death.

Front: Robinson Jeffers, “Shine, Perishing Republic”
Back: Form: Free Verse; Theme: Criticism of societal decay and a call for resilience.

Front: Robinson Jeffers, “Hurt Hawks”
Back: Form: Free Verse; Theme: Mercy, pain, and the dignity of suffering.

Front: Dylan Thomas, “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”
Back: Form: Villanelle; Theme: Urging resistance against death and embracing life fiercely.

Front: Elizabeth Bishop, “One Art”
Back: Form: Villanelle; Theme: Loss, acceptance, and mastering the art of letting go.

Front: John Milton, “Lycidas”
Back: Form: Pastoral Elegy; Theme: Mourning, poetic legacy, and the search for meaning in death.