english Flashcards
Name 4 facts about Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Took drugs
Wrote many poems about love
He was a poet, a critic and a philosopher
One of the founders of romanticism
Name 4 facts about William Blake
He was considered eccentric and even insane
He was very artistic
Hated industrialism
Only recognised after death
Name 4 facts about William Wordsworth
Loved nature
Became a supporter to the french revolution
For a few years 2 of his children died, his brother drowned at sea and his wife suffered a mental breakdown
He became increasingly conservative
Name 4 facts about Lord Byron
Very haughty/superior to others
Ladies man
Extremely passionate
Very mysterious
Name 4 facts about John Keats
Believed in nature and beauty
Believed in freedom and emotion
influenced by Coleridge, Wordsworth and Shelly
Both parents died before he was 15