Chapter 7: The Victorian Era Flashcards
Tennyson’s first published elegy for his friend, Arthur Hallam: “But O for the touch of a vanished hand, / And the sound of a voice that is still!”
“Break, Break, Break”
Short works describing pleasant scenes of country or domestic life; a brief picture, sketch, or scene.
Idyll
The Voice of Victorian England; one of the greatest craftsmen of the English language; the most popular poet of the Victorian Era.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Considered by many to be Tennyson’s greatest poem, whose theme encourages people to keep striving no matter what the end may be.
“Ulysses”
A lyric poem which reveals “a soul in action” through the conversation of one character in a dramatic situation.
Dramatic monologue
Tennyson’s greatest poem and one of the greatest elegies in the English language: “‘Tis better to have loved and lost / than never to have loved at all.”
In Memoriam
Tennyson’s domestic idyll that has been called one of the noblest stories of self-sacrifice in all literature; probably the most popular of Tennyson’s poems that established him as the “Poet of the People.”
Enoch Arden
The theme of what work is the war of sense with soul, or the flesh with the spirit: “Lo! I forgive thee, as Eternal God / Forgives” ?
Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
The first poet laureate in the modern sense.
Ben Jonson
The office of poet laureate did not become official until who was appointed, receiving a modest income from the king?
John Dryden
Tennyson’s epic about women’s rights that contains “Sweet and Low,” which shows the tender role of a mother, and “Tears, Idle Tears,” a melancholy reflection of death: “O Death in Life, the days that are no more.”
The Princess
Tennyson’s ballad that celebrates the courageous stand of Sir Richard Grenville in 1591: “I have only done my duty as a man is bound to do.”
“The Revenge”
Who is best remembered for the Sonnets from the Portuguese, probably the finest love poems in the English language? Also wrote “The Look.”
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
One of Robert Browning’s earliest and most famous dramatic monologues: “This grew; I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together.”
“My Last Duchess”
Which of the characters in Tennyson’s Idylls of the King is symbolic of Christ and the soul?
King Arthur
What poem did Tennyson request always be placed at the end of his works?
“Crossing the Bar”
In Idylls of the King, who used the sin of Lancelot and Guinevere to disrupt the Round Table for traitorous purposes?
Sir Modred
What poem, by Robert Browning, presents an optimistic view of old age as the climax of man’s experience?
“Rabbi Ben Ezra”
What dramatic poem by Robert Browning contains the lines “All service ranks the same with God” from “Song” and “God’s in his heaven–– / All’s right with the world” from “Morning Song”?
Pippa Passes
What poem by Robert Browning expresses a Christian faith in eternal life and a firm belief in being reunited with his wife after death?
“Prospice” (Latin for “look forward”)
In what poem does Matthew Arnold lament that his age is not an age of faith but an age characterized by skepticism, unbelief, and conflicting views in the areas of science and theology?
“Dover Beach”
In what poem does Arthur Hugh Clough express the truth that God is the only source of stability and strength?
“With Whom Is No Variableness, neither Shadow of Turning”
What ex-Christian wrote “With Whom Is No Variableness, neither Shadow of Turning” and “The Latest Decalogue”?
Arthur Hugh Clough
Who wrote “Song,” “The Descent from the Cross,” “Scourge, but Receive Me,” and “The Three Enemies” (“The Flesh,” The World,” and “The Devil”)?
Christina Rossetti
What poem of despair was written by Gerard Manley Hopkins, who is best known for his unusual uses of rhythm?
“Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord”
In what poem does Gerard Manley Hopkins express the idea that although the Christian life of humble duty may seem to lack the beauty, strength, and glory of Christ, it will ultimately show forth these qualities?
“The Windhover”
Who wrote “The Toys,” a comparison of God’s love for His children?
Coventry Patmore
The theme of what poem by George MacDonald is that God’s ways are not our ways?
“That Holy Thing”
What Scottish preacher wrote “That Holy Thing” and “Obedience”?
George MacDonald
One of the greatest religious poems of all time, written by Francis Thompson, which portrays the pursuit of Christ for every soul for whom Christ died.
“The Hound of Heaven”
Poet, critic, and editor whose fiercely independent spirit and individuality shined through his poetry, such as in “Invictus” (Latin for “unconquered”): “I am the master of my fate: / I am the captain of my soul.”
William Earnest Henley
One of the world’s best-loved and most widely read authors of Romantic literature who wrote primarily for the enjoyment of his readers; wrote “The Sire de Malétroit’s Door,” “My Wife,” “Requiem”: “Home is the sailor, home from the sea, / And the hunter home from the hill.”
Robert Louis Stevenson
What poem by Rudyard Kipling celebrates the British soldier and army life throughout the Empire?
“Danny Deever”
The theme of what poem by Rudyard Kipling is that two men realize and respect the strength of the other?
“The Ballad of East and West”
What poem by Rudyard Kipling, written for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee, is a prayer for the welfare of England and a warning for her to be humble, not proud because of her position in the world?
“Recessional”
What satire on the British social structure deals with Jack Worthing who wishes to marry Gwendolen Fairfax?
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
What poem by Oscar Wilde expresses the feelings of a man in jail condemned to be hanged?
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde’s short, sad story on love and sacrifice.
“The Nightingale and the Rose”
A cult whose members tried to achieve beauty in life by modeling themselves after what they believed the ancient pagans were like; influenced Oscar Wilde.
Neopaganism
An important Victorian prose writer who is most famous for his ambitious History of England and who wrote “London Coffee Houses.”
Thomas Babington Macaulay
An important Victorian prose writer who wrote “Labor” and who used his works to express his idea of the hero—the man whom the rest of the world should follow.
Thomas Carlyle
An important Victorian prose writer and Anglican priest who wrote “The Educated Man” and “The Gentleman.”
John Henry Newman
The movement sought to return to the rituals and practices of the Roman Catholic Church.
Oxford Movement
England’s most famous and best beloved novelist and the first popular Victorian novelist; portrayed the lower middle class living in the city and wrote David Copperfield, one of the most beloved novels of all time.
Charles Dickens
The most significant novel form to emerge from the Victorian period.
Novel of purpose (problem novel)
Who in The Moonstone initiated the terror, mystery, and detective novel?
Wilkie Collins
What poet and novelist wrote “Tony Rytes, the Arch-deceiver,” “In Time of ‘The Breaking of Nations,’” “The Darkling Thrush,” and “The Convergence of the Twain”?
Thomas Hardy
The theme of what poem is that wars come and go but people go about their business?
“In Time of ‘The Breaking of Nations’” by Thomas Hardy
“Till the Spinner of the Years
Said ‘Now!’ And each one hears,
And consummation comes, and jars two hemispheres.”
“The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy
The Prince of Preachers who wrote The Treasury of David.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Who wrote Great Verses through the Bible?
F. B. Meyer
Scottish pastor and hymn writer who wrote “I Lay My Sins on Jesus” and “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say.”
Horatius Bonar
What blind Scottish minister wrote “O Love, That Wilt Not Let Me Go” and “Make Me a Captive, Lord”?
George Matheson
What prolific Welsh hymn writer wrote “Take My Life, and Let It Be”?
Frances Ridley Havergal
What Cambridge graduate wrote “Art Thou Weary?”?
John Mason Neale
Anglican minister who wrote “Now the Day Is Over.”
Sabine Baring-Gould
Who preached the sermon which officially began the Oxford Movement and whose best-known hymn is “Sun of My Soul”?
John Keble
Bishop of Exeter whose best-known hymn is “Peace, Perfect Peace.”
Edward Henry Bickersteth
