She too wishes to one day be free from these woes and ailments that age has brought upon her and then be with her deceased loved one. She's relieved that he no longer has to suffer and can rest peacefully. In 'As Weary Pilgrim, Now at Rest,' the speaker wishes another pilgrim farewell as death has taken him. Cite evidence from the poem to support your answer. Summarize the meaning and purpose of 'As Weary Pilgrim, Now at Rest.' Describe the view that Anne Bradstreet takes in the poem. Now that death has taken the pilgrim, these wolves cannot harm him anymore. These people may have snapped at his heels at the slightest provocation or may even have attacked him in packs. What does the speaker mean by the line 'Nor hungry wolves at him shall catch' in the poem 'As Weary Pilgrim, Now at Rest'? The hungry wolves are perhaps a metaphor for people who wished ill of the pilgrim. The lines 'And my clay house mold'ring./ Oh, how I long to be at rest' corroborate this view. As we read further, she too begins to wish for death to take away her suffering, brought upon by age. Initially, Bradstreet speaks about the death of a loved one and how that person will suffer no more. Upon death, one feels no more pain one just feels relief. Anne Bradstreet discusses the beauty of death and how it can alleviate any worldly sorrow. How and why does the speaker relate these two concepts? Cite evidence from the poem to support your answer. Analyze the development of these themes in the poem. TERMS IN THIS SET (31) In the poem, Anne Bradstreet discusses the themes of death and solace, or relief from pain. The white men managed to divide the clans and they were falling apart. What was Obierika's reply? He said that too many of their people had joined with the white men in their religion and in upholding their laws. Okonkwo asked Obierika why the people had lost their power to fight. The new prison was full of men who had broken the white men's laws.

The white men had brought a government and built a court. Describe the changes that had come to Umuofia in the seven years that Okonkwo was in exile. He asked his daughters to wait until they returned to Umuofia to marry. If they turned against him after he died, he would return and break their necks.

What message did Okonkwo give to his sons and daughters after Nwoye left the family? He told his sons if they were going to be weak and follow Nwoye, they should do it while he was alive. TERMS IN THIS SET (15) How did Okonkwo feel about his return to the clan? He knew that he had lost a lot of ground, but he was determined to return with a flourish, and regain the lost time.

Another word for things fall apart