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Romance Period Flashcards

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1
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when was the romance period

A

1798-1832

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2
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What did Blake’s father own

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A hosiery shop

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“the lamb” was about

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metaphor for childlike side of people

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“the tyger” was about

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the factory worker, metaphor for the fearless side of people

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“the chimney sweeper” was about

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life as a child sold to sweep chimneys

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6
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what was ozymandias based on

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an egyptian pharoah

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ozymandias theme

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all people are equal in death

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visage

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face

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9
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“tintern abbey” was about

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a return visit to tintern abbey and wye river with his siser

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recompense

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payment

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corporeal

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physical, body

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sylvan

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associated with the woods of rural outdoors

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13
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“she walks in beauty” was about

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description of woman who is walking (whom he never met, only sees)

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aspect

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face

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15
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climes

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climate

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raven

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black

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kubla khan was about

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  • a dream state after reading a travel guide

- writes of a place of perfect pleasure-xanadu

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sinuous

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bending

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tumult

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noisy; commotion

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rills

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brooks

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device

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design

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athwart

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across

23
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dulcimer

A

stringed instrument

24
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abyssinian

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ethiopian

25
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“when i have fears that i may cease to be” was about

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a poem about fearing death and nearing the end of his life

26
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What religion was Percy Shelley

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Atheist

27
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What was Percy Shelley expelled from college for

A

Political/social views

28
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Who was Percy Shelley married to

A

Mary Shelley

29
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Who was Percy Shelley’s wife influenced by

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Her father William Godwin

30
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What was the RP poems an opposition to

A

Commonplace and familiar places

31
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Where was the RP poems often set

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In nature

Faraway places

32
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What kind of journeys did RP poems take you on

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Imaginative journeys

33
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What was the RP style poems an alternative to

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City life

34
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What did Williams Wordsworth help to build in poetry

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Romantic movement

35
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What did Wordsworth use and base things on in his poems

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Ordinary life
Nature
Common language

36
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What did Wordsworth use in his setting?

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Landscapes

37
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What did lord Byron create

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Byronic hero

38
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What was lord Byron described as

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Mad bad and dangerous to know

39
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Who was lord Byron disapproved by

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Contemporaries

40
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What was lord Byron considered as

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Revolutionary

Celebrity of his time

41
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What college did Coleridge attend

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Cambridge

42
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What kind of work did Coleridge publish and what did they create

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Lyrical ballads

Created a movement in form and style

43
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What did Coleridge establish in literature

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Romantic period

44
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What did Coleridge say was important

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Imagination

45
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Why did Coleridge have a reliance on pain killers

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Rheumatism

46
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What did Keats fights for

A

Worthy causes

47
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What kind of family did he belong to

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Working class

48
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What did Keats study

A

Medicine

49
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What were Keats poems based on

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Grief of losing his brother to TB

Newfound love

50
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What did Keats die of

A

TB

51
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What did Blake do to save himself on money

A

Educated himself through reading

51
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What was Blake an apprentice of

A

Engravers

51
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What 3 poems was William Blake most famous for

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The lamb
The tyger
The chimney sweeper

51
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What did Blake write his “songs” about

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Songs of innocence

Songs of experience

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