Dryden
ENB 111
Poetry and Drama review
You are responsible for the following poems that we have covered in class. Know the
themes of the poems, relevant symbols, the sounds, the tones of the various speakers’
voices, and understand the poems on both literal and figurative levels (when applicable).
Think about connections that can be made between the poems. Refer to your notes taken
during our in-class discussions. These will be helpful:
“To a Daughter Leaving Home” (handout, link on BB—near top of announcements
page); ”Those Winter Sundays”; “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers”; “My Papa’s Waltz”; “Theme
for English B”; “Not Waving but Drowning”; Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”;
“Metaphors; “In Just,; “I Too; “Anecdote of the Jar,”; “Because I Could Not Stop For
Death,”; and “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening” 607-08.
Know the definitions from your vocabulary list and be able to apply the terms to the
poems. You should know well the entire list excepting the following terms that we have
not covered: Representation, Situation, Occasional Poem, Referential, Symbolic Poem,
Meter, Sonnet, and Shaped Verse.
Plot (4 parts)—include these definitions for the play:
1) Exposition 2) Rising Action (complication) 3) Turning point or Climax 4) Conclusion
Also know definitions for these terms:
Comedy, tragedy, and foreshadowing.
You should know the plays “Trifles” and “Sure Thing” well. Understand the behaviors
of the characters, know the plots, be able to chart the 4 parts of plot in the play “Trifles,”
and know the themes.