English 11 Literature #8 Mr. Rinka Phillis Wheatley Patrick Henry

Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley

“An Hymn to the Evening” An Hymn to the Evening

“An Hymn to the Evening” What is the meter of this poem? Iambic Pentameter SOON as the sun forsook the eastern main The pealing thunder shook the heav'nly plain

“An Hymn to the Evening” What is the rhyming scheme of this poem? AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II main/plain wing/spring notes/floats spread/red glow/below light/night mind/refin’d begin/sin eyes/rise

“An Hymn to the Evening” Identify sense imagery in this poem. Sound pealing thunder birds renew their notes mingled music floats Then cease, my song

“An Hymn to the Evening” Identify sense imagery in this poem. sight beauteous dies deepest red ev'ry virtue glow

“An Hymn to the Evening” Identify sense imagery in this poem. Feeling thunder shook Soft purl the streams Let placid slumbers sooth

“An Hymn to the Evening” Identify sense imagery in this poem. smell incense of the blooming spring

“An Hymn to the Evening” Identify figures of speech. Personification Majestic grandeur! From the zephyr's wing, Exhales the incense of the blooming spring.

“An Hymn to the Evening” Metaphor The living temples of our God below! Night's leaden sceptre seals my drowsy eyes

“An Hymn to the Evening” Allusion From the zephyr's wing The wind till fair Aurora rise Natural display of light in the sky

“An Hymn to the Evening” Meaning The poet Phillis Wheatley sings praises to the beauty of the day’s end that God brings forth. With days end slumber awaits for those who will continue working more guarded against sin the next day.

“An Hymn to the Morning” An HYMN to the MORNING

Patrick Henry

Speech to the Virginia Convention- Patrick Henry Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death

Discussion Patrick Henry’s speech is a famous call to arms for war with the British. What are his major arguments for going to war?

Discussion Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation;

Discussion We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances

Discussion have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne!

Discussion There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free—if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending—if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we

Discussion have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained—we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

Discussion In a Socratic Seminar explore the question: “What would you be willing to die for? State your reasons why.

Additional Assignment #1 Read Thomas Paine’s “The Crisis” Thomas Paine The Crisis Journal #10: Explain this statement: “the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly”

Additional Assignment #2 Eng 11 Literature Unit 2 Take the Unit Test. You must get at least 12 correct answers to be proficient in this portion of the course.

English 11 Literature #8 Mr. Rinka Phillis Wheatley Patrick Henry