"Meeting at Night" The gray sea and the long black land;
And the yellow half-moon large and low;
And the startled little waves that leap
In fiery ringlets from their sleep,
As I gain the cove1 with pushing prow2,
And quench its speed i’3 the slushy sand.

Then a mile of warm sea-scented beach;
Three fields to cross till a farm appears;
A rap at the pane4, the quick sharp scratch
And blue spurt of a lighted match,
And a voice less loud, thro’5 its joys and fears,
Than the two hearts beating each to each.
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—Robert Browning

1 A cove is a small inlet from the sea.
2 A prow is the front end of a boat.
3 i’ is short for in.
4 Pane refers to a windowpane.
5 Thro’ is short for through.

Each stanza in this poem has six lines. Which lines rhyme within each stanza?

What is the main idea of this poem?

In ordinary language, describe the mental pictures you get from the first stanza.

In the first stanza, why do you think the poet says that little waves look like “fiery ringlets”?

What does the last line of the poem tell you?

How can you become a comic artist as a teenager?

What is the main goal of the 19th-century art movement called realism

Match these items. match the items in the left column to the items in the right column. 1. aesthetics in art, a technique for defining shape, also used to create a sense of depth 2. composition a perceived line that describes three-dimensional form 3. contour line a method of presenting an illusion of the three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface 4. line (pronounced "uhvrr") — a work of art; the sum of the lifework of an artist, writer, or composer 5. oeuvre the way an artist organizes forms (lines, shapes, etc.) in an artwork, either by placing shapes on a flat surface or by arranging forms in space 6. patron the relationship of one part of a person, building, or object to another; for example the size of a statue's head in relationship to the rest of the body 7. personification the study of beauty or good taste; anything related to the study of beauty or good taste 8. perspective giving human characteristics to something that is not human 9. proportion generally a wealthy person who pays an artist to create a work of art; throughout much of history artists could not have survived without "patronage" 10. symbol an object or word or gesture that represents something else