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During which years did the English poet Thomas Hood live?
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1799 – 1845
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In which city was Thomas Hood born?
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London
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Besides being a poet, Thomas Hood was also known as a great author and a _____.
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humourist
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Name two of Thomas Hood's most famous poems mentioned in the text.
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"The Bridge of Sighs" and "The Song of the Shirt"
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To which three major publications did Thomas Hood regularly contribute?
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The London Magazine, Athenaeum, and Punch
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At what age did Thomas Hood lapse into invalidism?
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41
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How did William Michael Rossetti describe Thomas Hood's status in English poetry in 1903?
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The finest English poet between the generations of Shelley and Tennyson
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To which London district did Hood's mother move following the death of her husband in 1811?
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Islington
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What task earned Thomas Hood a few guineas under the guidance of his private schoolmaster?
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Revising a new edition of the 1788 novel Paul and Virginia for the press
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At age 14, in what type of establishment was Thomas Hood admitted to work?
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A counting house
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What did Thomas Hood jokingly say he turned his stool into while working at the counting house?
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A Pegasus on three legs
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Which profession did Hood begin to study after the 'uncongenial' counting house affected his health?
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Engraving
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Where was Hood sent to live with his father's relations to improve his health?
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Dundee, Scotland
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In which publication did Thomas Hood's writing first appear in print?
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The Dundee Advertiser
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In what year was the poem "I Remember, I Remember" first published?
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1844
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What is the central narrative theme of the poem "I Remember, I Remember"?
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The passage of time leaving only memories behind
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How does the poet characterise adulthood in contrast to childhood?
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Adulthood is gloomy and uncertain, while childhood is perfect
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In the first stanza, what does the sun do at the 'little window'?
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Peeps in at morn
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According to the first stanza, what does the speaker often wish for 'now'?
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That the night had borne his breath away
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Which four types of flowers are explicitly mentioned in the second stanza?
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Roses, violets, lily-cups, and lilacs
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Where did the robin build its nest in the speaker's childhood home?
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In the lilacs
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What did the poet's brother plant on his birthday?
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A laburnum tree
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What is the current state of the laburnum tree according to the second stanza?
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The tree is still living
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In the third stanza, the speaker remembers the place where he used to _____.
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swing
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What bird is used to describe the freshness of the air the child felt while swinging?
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Swallows
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How does the speaker describe the weight of his spirit in childhood compared to adulthood?
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It flew 'in feathers' then but is 'so heavy now'
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What physical sensation in adulthood can 'summer pools' not cool?
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The fever on the speaker's brow
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What type of trees did the child believe were 'close against the sky'?
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Fir trees
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What term does the speaker use to describe his belief that tree tops reached the sky?
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Childish ignorance
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In the final stanza, what 'little joy' does the adult speaker find in his knowledge of the world?
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Knowing he is farther off from heaven than when he was a boy
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To what generation of poets does William Michael Rossetti link Thomas Hood?
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The generations of Shelley and Tennyson
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What happened to Thomas Hood's professional life after contributing to various magazines?
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He published a magazine largely consisting of his own works
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The poem describes the sun as never bringing 'too long a _____' to the child.
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day
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The speaker describes the flowers of his childhood as being 'made of _____'!
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light
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What does the 'fever on my brow' represent in the context of the poem's themes?
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The pain, stress, or turmoil of adulthood
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How does the speaker describe the appearance of the fir trees in the final stanza?
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Dark and high
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What specific guinea-earning job did the schoolmaster encourage in Thomas Hood?
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Revising for the press
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What poetic feet are mentioned in Hood's joke about his counting house stool?
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Dactyl or spondee
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Why was the counting house profession considered 'uncongenial' by Hood?
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It negatively affected his health
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What kind of lifestyle did Hood lead in Dundee that helped his health?
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A healthy outdoor life
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Which stanza focuses on the physical movement and lightness of the child's spirit?
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The third stanza
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What is the primary contrast presented in the final two lines of the poem?
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The proximity to heaven in childhood versus the distance from it in adulthood
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Concept: Childhood Ignorance in "I Remember, I Remember"
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Definition: The innocent, mistaken belief that nature's heights (tree tops) literally touch heaven.
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The sun is personified in the first stanza using the verb _____.
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peeping
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What color are the roses mentioned in the poem?
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Red and white
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The speaker notes that the sun 'never came a _____ too soon'.
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wink
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What was the name of the author of the 1788 novel Paul and Virginia?
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The source material does not provide the author's name.
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By what age had Thomas Hood died?
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45
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What type of 'ignorance' does the poet look back on with sadness?
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Childish ignorance
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What did the speaker think of the air while on the swing?
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That it must rush as fresh to swallows on the wing