Test 2

Question 1

Asceticism

Answer 1

Avoiding matters of indulgence.

Question 2

Dramatic Monologue (Robert Browning)
My Last Duchess
Not a sonnet.

Answer 2

A type of poem of the Victorian era. It contained strange viewpoints, illusions and a juxtapositions/discontinuous effect.

It’s syntax was considered twisted and elliptical.
It was grotesque and horror driven.

Themes:
Love, money, abuse, control (sexual and art), masculinity.

The imagery was bi-focal.

Question 3

Sonnet (Barrett Browning)
Piece: Sonnets from the Portuguese
Petrarch (Italian)

Answer 3

A 14 line stanza. Sonnets are varied in the Victorian era into two categories. Petrarch (Italian) and Shakespearian (English). Sonnets of the Portuguese contain poems of love and the conflicts of relationships.

Question 3

Petrarch (Italian)

Barrett Browning, Sonnets of the Portuguese

Answer 3

La Volta occurs on the 9th line, also referred to as “the turn”. (Petrarch)

The 8 lines before are known as Octaves

The ending lines are known as Seslets

Question 4

Petrarch (Italian)

Barrett Browning, Sonnets of the Portuguese

Answer 4

La Volta occurs on the 9th line, also referred to as “the turn”. (Petrarch)

The 8 lines before are known as “the Octave”

The ending lines are known as Seslet

Question 5

Inversion

Wilde

Answer 5

The exact opposite of a real concept or ideas of the time or the scenario that is intended. Reversibility in poems or stories.

Question 6

Allusion

Wilde

Answer 6

An expression used to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly.

Question 7

Comedy of Matters

Wilde

Answer 7

Verbal and whit. Upper class. Manners and immorality, sophisticated. Objects of satire. Mockery of the upper class.

Question 8

Existential

Robert Browning, My Last Duchess

Answer 8

Relating to existence. Ones place in a marriage, society, life occupation, etc.

Question 9

Didactic

Alice in Wonderland, Carroll

Answer 9

Intended to teach by having an ulterior (hidden) motive. Moral lessons are the priority.

Question 10

Parody

Wilde

Answer 10

Imitation of a style of artist, writer, or genre for a deliberate exaggeration comic effect.

Question 11

Decadence

Wilde

Answer 11

Moral of culture decline intended by excessive obsession of luxurious things or pleasure.

Question 12

Irony

Wilde

Answer 12

Something that seems obvious but is intended under a certain scenario to come about naturally.

Question 13

Alter Ego

Wilde

Answer 13

A double identity

Question 14

Absurdity

Wilde

Answer 14

State of being ridiculous and unreasonable.

Question 15

Victorian

1837-1901

Answer 15

Under the reign of Queen Victoria. It was considered the most successful and innovative of times for the British empire. Age of Reform. Class barriers changing. Chartism.

Question 16

Serialization
Both Brownings contributed
Piece: Sonnets to the Portuguese

Answer 16

To publish or broadcast a story or a play in installments.

Question 17

Serialization

Answer 17

To publish novels or broadcast a story or a play in installments.

Question 18

Fantasy

Lewis Carroll

Answer 18

A stray from reality. This was the start of non fiction children’s literature at the time of this publication. A modern day occurrence.

Question 19

Persona

Answer 19

Speaker of the dramatic monolog.

Question 20

Shakespearian (English) form of sonnets

Answer 20

3 Quatrains (metaphors, ideas, angles, images) followed by a two line couplet.

Question 21

Timeline:
Barrett Browning: Sonnets to the Portuguese 1806-1861
Robert Browning: My Last Duchess 1842
Carroll: Alice in Wonderland 1865
Wilde: The importance of being earnest 1894

Answer 21

Barrett Browning: Sonnets to the Portuguese 1806-1861
Robert Browning: My Last Duchess 1842
Carroll: Alice in Wonderland 1865
Wilde: The importance of being earnest 1894