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| Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat |
| 作者Author / Thomas Gray 湯馬士 ．格雷 |
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Study Questions
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A frontispiece of the "Ode" from
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Look in
your handbook and find out what an "ode" is. What are the
characteristics of an ode? How many of those characteristics do you see
in this poem?
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This ode tells a story about a cat named Selima.
What images are associated with Selima (e.g. Greek goddess, jewelry) ,
and the vase (e.g. lake)? And why? What happens to
Selima? Why does it happen?
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Though
the poem is about a female cat and the poem says "What female heart can
gold despise?" Doesn't the poem also have a message for men?
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This poem teaches and instructs us with a moral.
What is that moral?
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