Romance Period Flashcards
when was the romance period
1798-1832
What did Blake’s father own
A hosiery shop
“the lamb” was about
metaphor for childlike side of people
“the tyger” was about
the factory worker, metaphor for the fearless side of people
“the chimney sweeper” was about
life as a child sold to sweep chimneys
what was ozymandias based on
an egyptian pharoah
ozymandias theme
all people are equal in death
visage
face
“tintern abbey” was about
a return visit to tintern abbey and wye river with his siser
recompense
payment
corporeal
physical, body
sylvan
associated with the woods of rural outdoors
“she walks in beauty” was about
description of woman who is walking (whom he never met, only sees)
aspect
face
climes
climate
raven
black
kubla khan was about
- a dream state after reading a travel guide
- writes of a place of perfect pleasure-xanadu
sinuous
bending
tumult
noisy; commotion
rills
brooks
device
design
athwart
across
dulcimer
stringed instrument
abyssinian
ethiopian
“when i have fears that i may cease to be” was about
a poem about fearing death and nearing the end of his life
What religion was Percy Shelley
Atheist
What was Percy Shelley expelled from college for
Political/social views
Who was Percy Shelley married to
Mary Shelley
Who was Percy Shelley’s wife influenced by
Her father William Godwin
What was the RP poems an opposition to
Commonplace and familiar places
Where was the RP poems often set
In nature
Faraway places
What kind of journeys did RP poems take you on
Imaginative journeys
What was the RP style poems an alternative to
City life
What did Williams Wordsworth help to build in poetry
Romantic movement
What did Wordsworth use and base things on in his poems
Ordinary life
Nature
Common language
What did Wordsworth use in his setting?
Landscapes
What did lord Byron create
Byronic hero
What was lord Byron described as
Mad bad and dangerous to know
Who was lord Byron disapproved by
Contemporaries
What was lord Byron considered as
Revolutionary
Celebrity of his time
What college did Coleridge attend
Cambridge
What kind of work did Coleridge publish and what did they create
Lyrical ballads
Created a movement in form and style
What did Coleridge establish in literature
Romantic period
What did Coleridge say was important
Imagination
Why did Coleridge have a reliance on pain killers
Rheumatism
What did Keats fights for
Worthy causes
What kind of family did he belong to
Working class
What did Keats study
Medicine
What were Keats poems based on
Grief of losing his brother to TB
Newfound love
What did Keats die of
TB
What did Blake do to save himself on money
Educated himself through reading
What was Blake an apprentice of
Engravers
What 3 poems was William Blake most famous for
The lamb
The tyger
The chimney sweeper
What did Blake write his “songs” about
Songs of innocence
Songs of experience
