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1 His advice can be summed up in one word,
and he thinks ten fingers is all you should
use to count your possessions. (8)
3 Abnormally deficient in color, suggests
physical or emotional distress. (6)
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5 The Pequod is what kind of ship? (6)
6 Break apart or in two, using violence (6)
9 The first name of the whale that torments
the Pequod's captain. (4)
12 cement or adhesive used in stonework (6)
14 "Resistance to Civil Government" was
written after a reflective night in _______.
(4)
16 Inspired in part by Thoreau, this leader
spent many nights in jail for his cause. (4)
18 A showy growth of feathers or skin on the
head of a bird or other animal (5)
20 This man fears the captain has made an evil
choice in his desire to destroy the white
whale. (8)
21 Inspired partly by Thoreau's essay, this
champion of "passive resistance" began his
career resisting opression in South Africa.
(6)
37 An officer of the church who is in charge of
sacred objects. (6)
38 Despite changing the spelling of his name,
he never quite escaped the influence of his
Salem ancestors. (9)
40 appease, make peace with, ingratiate (10)
41 This is how they showed they appreciated
the lecture in the lecture room. (8)
43 A healing ointment, as in "_____ of
Gilead." (4)
44 Hawthorne didn't have a very good time at
this supposedly utopian farm. (5)
23 His dark tale of evil centered on a man
obsessed by a white whale. (8)
45 For Dickinson, this is what broke in
"Reason" and sent her falling before she
finished "knowing." (5)
25 This night visitor remained, "never flitting,
still is sitting . . . ." (5)
47 a.k.a. the "night's plutonian shore" (4)
27 Ahab throws this overboard, asserting he
will no longer indulge in any pleasure until
his white nemesis be dead. (4)
28 Romanticists idealized aboriginal people as
natural men, as "_____ savages." (5)
29 This navigation device helps a mariner
determine longitude and latitude. No
wonder Starbuck is dismayed when Captain
Ahab destroys it. (7)
30 Fornunato and Montressor are both
_______ connoisseurs. (4)
31 The ______ environment in the Romantic
era was bleak with tenements, poor
immigrants, and growing industrialization,
pollution, corruption, and disease. (5)
33 Who swings censors which suggest
sleepiness? (8)
34 Poe argues in his "Philosophy of
Composition" everything in a poem or short
story should contribute to an "______ of
effect." (5)
36 Many of Poe's works include ______
elements, that help create a mood of gloom
and mystery and the grotesque. (6)
48 Literary technique: "While I nodded, nearly
napping," and "From my books surcease of
sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore" (12)
49 Adjective used to describe a birdy friend
that means "shockingly repellent; inspiring
horror." (4)
50 Captain of the Pequod. (4)
51 The evils of guilt, isolation and
___________ were the real sins of
Hawthorne's most famous novel. (9)
52 This long "Song of ________" broke all the
rules. (6)
53 Whereas deists like Franklin and Jefferson
aspired to reason, the dark romantics
rebelled and embraced the mysterious and
___________. (10)
54 member of a secret fraternal order pledged
to mutual assistance and brotherly love (5)
57 Emerson experienced spiritual moments
while in nature that made him a believer in
an _________. (8)
60 When meterologists predict a 100% chance
of this, you can bet that it will start some
conflicts on the highways. (13)
65 This hour is often the time she uses to
describe her time with the lover. (4)
66 Any system of philosophy emphasizing the
intuitive and spiritual above the empirical
and material (17)
68 "About the year 1727, just at the time when
earthquakes were prevalent . . . and shook
many tall ________ down upon their
knees" (7)
72 The narrator of the "Tell-Tale Heart" found
this pale-blue ______ evil. (3)
she ______," (5)
10 This poet frequently wrote in ______
stanza, but employed the form irregularly
with a lyric purpose more often than a
narrative one. (6)
11 Another word for "volume" as in "quaint
and curious volume of forgotten lore." (4)
13 Despite his own rules, he runs a risk when
he shows Fortunato a __________. (6)
75 She described her pain as gradual and
terrifying, like a "_________ with a notch."
(9)
15 Today's poets and biographers reject the
notion that she was fey, or slightly insane,
but rather see her as someone who looked
very deep and very far. (9)
76 This fellow is shackled and has a "staple in
the _____." (4)
17 This terror comes to "sip" during a
"bandaged moment." (6)
78 Fortunato forgets this family's "arms," quite
possibly another insult. (9)
19 A scolding nag or bad-tempered woman (9)
79 Whitman's poem in celebration of
American workers catalogues their ______.
(6)
80 Though a gifted lecturer, this "learn'd
___________" was found lacking by the
poem's narrator. (8)
81 a mythological drug causing forgetfullness
of grief (8)
82 Medbourne's sin. (5)
83 "I cannot live with you— / It would be
____" (4)
Down
21 Repellent, inspiring horror, gruesomely
indicative of death or the dead (7)
22 The devil's ______ footprint is an allusion
to Lucifer's background—the Greek deity
of nature, Pan. (6)
23 According to Emerson, their were only two
parties: the establishment and the
________. (8)
24 Her __________ is boundless. She greets
her reflection like a long lost friend. (6)
26 Romanticists like Irving, Poe, & Hawthorne
describe ________ unrealistically in order
to create a picture of their character's moral
status. (6)
1 Tom showed no alarm when he
accidentally uncovers a human ____. (5)
30 He sang his self and disvovered free verse.
(7)
2 He believed that a story should be short
enough to read in one sitting. (3)
32 The vaults may be extensive, but don't
search for a cask of ______________. (11)
4 "This I whispered, and an echo murmured
back the word, "________!" (6)
33 Also known as the "Fireside Poets," Longfellow, Bryant, Lowell, & Holmes were
immensely popular and frequently
memorized for recitation. What was their
academic nickname? (10)
5 Irving's first name. (10)
7 Though titled "Resistance to Civil
Government," this essay is usually referred
to as "Civil ____________." (12)
8 Argggh, shipmate, if yee aim to please the
captain, sing out from the masthead, "Thar
35 This man said "I never found a companion
so companionable as solitude" (7)
39 stopping, cessation, as in "_________ of
sorrow." (8)
70 A (temporary) relief from harm or
discomfort (7)
42 goddess of wisdom and useful arts and
prudent warfare — first name only! (6)
71 unplanned eclipses imply his watch is off
(7)
44 A brass instrument without valves; used for
military calls and fanfares (5)
73 Time long past. (4)
46 Bryant's meditation upon death. (11)
48 To their credit, most Romantics
championed humanitarian reform.
Emerson, Longfellow, Bryant, Irving, &
Thoreau were all __________. (13)
53 Of or consisting of iambs, a verse
consisting of iambs (6)
55 When Emerson urged people to "Trust
thyself" he was arguing for self_________. (8)
56 The narrator of the "Tell-Tale Heart" is
especially proud of the way he dismembers
and hides the _______. (6)
58 Poe knew his audience would enjoy stories
of murder and __________ because he
believed we were all fascinated with our
own dark passions. (7)
59 When Tom refuses to engage in the "black
traffic," the woodsman suggests he become
an _________. (6)
61 Dragons live in the creases of Emily's
_____. (4)
62 An underground tunnel with recesses where
bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome) (9)
63 Poe said his Raven was "emblematic
[symbolic] of mournful and never ending
______________." (12)
64 He's to be found between Ralph and
Emerson. (5)
67 If a man does not keep pace with his
companions, perhaps it is because he hears
a different __________. (7)
69 It would have been scarier if he'd said his
name was "Bob," but instead he croaked
"_________." (9)
74 Though his poem's are no longer a
mandatory recitation assignment, he and
"Hiawatha" had quite a run as the nation's
most esteemed poet. (10)
77 "Tell me what thy lordly _______ is on the
night's plutonian shore." (4)
84 Rate of monthly interest Tom Walker
charges. (4)