British Romantic Test Flashcards
Name 3 of the dominant romantic poets.
William Blake, William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge Percy Shelley Jon Keats Lord Byron (George Gordon)
Laissez-Faire
An economic philosophy that meant “let the people do as they please”
3 things that describe romantic poetry
Poems usually present imaginative experiences
Purpose was to create new realities in the mind and in poetry
Romantic poets used unadorned language to explore the significance of the common place.
Poetry is to be human experience
For lyric poetry to be successful the speaker must be convincing
You overhear lyric poetry, it is like eavesdropping on a private conversation
Wrote lyrical ballads
William Wordsworth (with Samuel Taylor Coleridge?)
Was addicted to laudanum
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Who launched the romantic literary movement
William Wordsworth
Brought Shakespeare back from obscurity
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Who wrote Songs of Experience?
William Blake
His wife thought he was a genius
William Blake
Known as an outcast
Percy B Shelley
He painted at an early age
William Blake
Who married Mary and died at 29?
Percy B Shelley
His father was trampled to death when he was 8
Jon Keats
A Greek national hero
Lord Byron
Had a wide array of pets
Lord Byron
The 4th Earl of Oxford
Horace Walpole
He wrote the Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
Famous Scottish poet and lyricist
Robert Burns
Ode
A long lyrical poem written in honor of a person or an event. It may also include the poet’s thoughts and feelings as he or she reflects upon an object or a scene
Terza-Rima
An arrangement of triplets; often in iambs, that rhyme aba bcb ded ee, as in Dante’s Divine Comedy
Byronic Hero
A very specific type of hero developed by Lord Byron that many critics relate to his own persona. A brooding figure whose ironic attitude and hidden sorrow add to his charm.
Give 4 characteristics of a byronic hero
An exile or outcast arrogant ability to adapt cynical they have dark attributes disrespectful of rank and privilege emotionally conflicted, bipolar tendencies, or moodiness high level of intelligence and perception mysterious, magnetic, charismatic power of seduction and attraction self-critical and introspective self-destructive behavior; social and sexual dominance; sophisticated and well-educated; struggles with integrity troubled past
Gothic
relating to the Goths or their extinct East Germanic language, which provides the earliest manuscript evidence of any Germanic language.
Lore
Knowledge gained through tradition
Discourse
An extended communication dealing with some particular topic
Describe the typical setting for the romantic gothic movement
Dark and gloomy castles
What is the overall message of Ode to a Grecian Urn (last 2 lines)
“Beauty is truth, truth is beauty” The main focus of the poem is the topic of an idealized world which is depicted on the urn. Within the picture of the urn, there is no passage of time. He contrasts the ideal love with that of human passion
Onomatopoeia
sounds that imitate sound words
Assonance
repeated vowel sounds
Consonance
repeated consonants and sounds
Its 4 stanzas reflects an older and more sophisticated deeper understanding of nature.
“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” - William Wordsworth
Discusses what anger does to a man if not dealt with
“A Poison Tree” - William Blake
Focuses on the winds control over the rest of nature.
“Ode to the West Wind”- Percy B Shelley
Was written with the intent to be set to music.
“She Walks in Beauty”- Lord Byron
The romantic poem about the lack of romance
Don Juan - Lord Byron
A poem about plans getting interrupted.
“To a Mouse” - Robert Burns
Is believed to be a tale of sin and christian redemption
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Takes place in a church
“To a Louse” - Robert Burns
Asks the question: Who made you? (2 answers)
“The Lamb” - William Blake
“The Tyger” - William Blake
There’s no passage of time in an idealized world
“Ode on an Grecian Urn” - Jon Keats
