Romantic Movement Flashcards
Define Laissez Faire
Economic philosophy meaning,”let the people do as they please”
Be able to tell 2 meanings of romantic
Romantic signifies a fascination with youth and innocence and western societies reached the conditions necessary for industrialization
Romantics preferred poverty that________
That spoke of personal experiences and emotion
Thinks of nature as _____
Transformative
Be able to list 4 of the 6 dominant poets
William Blake William Wadsworth Samuel Coleridge Percy Shelley John Keats Lord Byron
Know Wordsworth
Know that he’s the poet that launched the romantic literary movement, know that he wrote “tintern abbey”, best known for his writing with Coleridge
Know Coleridge
Tried to start a utopian community, know that he left his family to follow Wordsworth, and that he was addicted to Laudanum
Know Assonance, Consonance
Assonance- Repeating vowel sound through entire phrase or sentence. (A,E,I,OU, maybe Y)
Consonance- Repetition of consonant
Know William Blake
He had visions, he has visions of an angel tree, he was also a painter, wrote “The Lamb of the Tyger”
Know Byron
Was a Greek national hero, had a pet bear and other exotic animals, he wrote Don Juan
Define Byronic Hero
Brooding figure whose ironic attitude and hidden sorrow added to his charm
Tell 3 ways Don Juan is a mock epic
Uses Elaborate descriptions, social commentary, and a Homeric simile
Percy Shelley
The outcast of England, he died in a boating accident, know that he was an outspoken atheist, he wrote Ode to the West Wind
Mary Shelley
Wrote Frankenstein
Know how Ode to the west wind is similar to the divine comedy
They both use terza rima
