english Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

Name 4 facts about Samuel Taylor Coleridge

A

Took drugs
Wrote many poems about love
He was a poet, a critic and a philosopher
One of the founders of romanticism

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Name 4 facts about William Blake

A

He was considered eccentric and even insane
He was very artistic
Hated industrialism
Only recognised after death

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Name 4 facts about William Wordsworth

A

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

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Name 4 facts about Lord Byron

A

Very haughty/superior to others
Ladies man
Extremely passionate
Very mysterious

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Name 4 facts about John Keats

A

Believed in nature and beauty
Believed in freedom and emotion
influenced by Coleridge, Wordsworth and Shelly
Both parents died before he was 15

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly