Checkup 2 Flashcards
Alongside the neoclassicism of the Age of Johnson was a stream known as the Literature of _____________.
Sentiment
Literature of Sentiment writers reacted to neoclassicism and its emphasis on _____________________.
reason
____________________ is a literary technique whereby an animal or thing is given human qualities.
Personification
Olney Hymns was written by _______________________________.
John Newton and William Cowper
William Cowper’s best poem
The Task
blank verse has what kind of meter
unrhymed iambic pentameter
“To a Mouse” is a poem of ______________________, who is the greatest poet of ________________.
Robert Burns, Scotland
Literature of Sentiment poem (reflects change)
The Seasons
from Olney Hymns
“Light Shining Out of Darkness”
Gray’s famous elegy is
“Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”
“Along the woods, along the moorish fens, Sighs the sad genius of the coming storm;”
James Thomson
“God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform;”
William Cowper
“O, my love is like a red, red rose, That’s newly sprung in June;” and “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft agley,”
Robert Burns
“The curfew tolls the knell of parting day,”
Thomas Gray
