Romance Period Flashcards

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when was the romance period

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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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3
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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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7
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ozymandias theme

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all people are equal in death

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8
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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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11
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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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16
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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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18
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sinuous

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bending

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19
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tumult

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noisy; commotion

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20
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rills

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brooks

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21
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device

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design

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athwart

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dulcimer

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stringed instrument

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abyssinian

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"when i have fears that i may cease to be" was about
a poem about fearing death and nearing the end of his life
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What religion was Percy Shelley
Atheist
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What was Percy Shelley expelled from college for
Political/social views
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Who was Percy Shelley married to
Mary Shelley
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Who was Percy Shelley’s wife influenced by
Her father William Godwin
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What was the RP poems an opposition to
Commonplace and familiar places
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Where was the RP poems often set
In nature | Faraway places
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What kind of journeys did RP poems take you on
Imaginative journeys
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What was the RP style poems an alternative to
City life
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What did Williams Wordsworth help to build in poetry
Romantic movement
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What did Wordsworth use and base things on in his poems
Ordinary life Nature Common language
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What did Wordsworth use in his setting?
Landscapes
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What did lord Byron create
Byronic hero
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What was lord Byron described as
Mad bad and dangerous to know
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Who was lord Byron disapproved by
Contemporaries
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What was lord Byron considered as
Revolutionary | Celebrity of his time
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What college did Coleridge attend
Cambridge
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What kind of work did Coleridge publish and what did they create
Lyrical ballads | Created a movement in form and style
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What did Coleridge establish in literature
Romantic period
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What did Coleridge say was important
Imagination
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Why did Coleridge have a reliance on pain killers
Rheumatism
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What did Keats fights for
Worthy causes
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What kind of family did he belong to
Working class
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What did Keats study
Medicine
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What were Keats poems based on
Grief of losing his brother to TB | Newfound love
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What did Keats die of
TB
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What did Blake do to save himself on money
Educated himself through reading
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What was Blake an apprentice of
Engravers
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What 3 poems was William Blake most famous for
The lamb The tyger The chimney sweeper
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What did Blake write his “songs” about
Songs of innocence | Songs of experience