o solitude! if i must with thee dwell

Question 1

‘o solitude’

Answer 1

apostrophe

nature as a living force

Question 2

‘jumbled heap’

Answer 2

metaphor

city living is chaotic

effects of industrial revolution

no individuality or identity - romantics hated this

Question 3

‘murky buildings:’

Answer 3

cacophonic

unclear

caesura - contrast between city and nature

Question 4

‘climb with me the steep’

Answer 4

ascending - going to a higher place

sharp ascent - how awful city life is

Question 5

‘nature’s observatory’

Answer 5

escape from industrial revolution

nature allows us to our struggles into perspective

Question 6

‘flowery slopes, its river’s crystal swell’

Answer 6

euphonic, natural imagery

clarity and purity - contrasts london

Question 7

‘vigils’

Answer 7

religious reaction

romantics viewed nature as having god’s benevolence

Question 8

‘wild bee’

Answer 8

nature as a refuge from the unnatural world

freedom

Question 9

‘foxglove bell’

Answer 9

nature can be everything - mirrors god

powerful poisonous

Question 10

‘sweet converse of an innocent mind’

Answer 10

nature can purify humanity

romantics value childhood - purity

Question 11

‘highest bliss of human-kind’

Answer 11

emotive language

highest point of happiness

Question 12

‘haunts two kindred spirits flee’

Answer 12

sharing nature with someone would make it even better

Question 13

structure

Answer 13

1st stanza = monosyllabic words, breathless

2nd stanza - deep in relaxation

regular rhyme scheme - synchronicity of nature

Question 14

headlines

Answer 14

nature as an escape from the industrial revolution

nature is pure

nature is superior to the man made

nature is above all else in life

nature is felt even more keenly with a companion

the appreciation of the simplicity of nature