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1
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the romantic period began with the..

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publication of lyrical ballads

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the romantic period ended with the..

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reform act of 1832

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3
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strongly influenced british thoughts and politics

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the french revolution

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who was at war from 1793-1814?

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england and france

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who ignored the problems caused by the industrial revolution?

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britains government

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who grew frustrated with the conditions of their country?

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working class

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what extended voting rights, improved factory safety, and abolished slavery?

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reform in the early 1830’s

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8
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the people valued ____ and _____

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imagination and nature

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9
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rejected _______, ______, and _____ works

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public, formal and witty

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10
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preferred poetry about __________ ________ and emotions, written in simple language

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personal experiences

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felt _____ poems were the best type of poetry to express feeling, self understanding and imagination

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lyric

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12
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romantics believed in..

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individual liberty, rebellion against tyranny

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13
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thought _____ was transformative

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nature

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14
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consonance repetition

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alliteration

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15
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writing to an unresponsive character

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apostrophe

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sarcasm

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dramatic irony

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17
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language appeals to sense

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imagery

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repetition of similar vowel sounds followed by consonances in words that are close together

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assonance

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rhyme within a poetic line rather than at the end

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internal rhyme

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20
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song like poem that tells a story, composed and written by known authors

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literary ballad

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21
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complex, long poem on serious subject

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ode

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8 line octave, 6 line sestet

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italian (petrarchan) sonnet

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SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY: type of weather

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climes

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SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY: through a film/fog

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gaudy

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SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY: hair

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raven tress

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SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY: elegantly persuasive

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eloquent

27
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what would have “half impaired” the lady’s grace?

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flaws that would suggest that she is not perfect and high up as people view her

28
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does the author examine the ladies’ external or internal beauty?

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internal

29
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LONDON: what problems does wordsworth believe england is suffering from?

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selfishness, self-government

30
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LONDON: what does wordsworth hope he will see in england’s future?

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pureness, leadership, passion

31
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THE WORLD IS TOO MUCH WITH US: what problems does wordsworth believe england is dealing with?

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lack of connection with nature

32
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KUBLA KHAN: how is it possible for the pleasure dome to be light and dark at the same time?

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dependence on the viewpoint and perspective of the reader

33
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KUBLA KHAN: what vision does the speaker have in the last section?

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maid singing a symphony

34
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KUBLA KHAN: what does the speaker wish he could do?

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build a dome in the air so everyone can view it

35
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ODE ON A GRACIAN URN: in what way is this poem a typical work of romantic literature?

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strong use of imagination, opposites, nature

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ODE ON A GRACIAN URN: why might the lover in the second stanza grieve and why shouldn’t he?

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he grieves the fact that he will never catch up to her but is told that love is forever and cannot fade

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ODE ON A GRACIAN URN: why does the speaker ask so many questions?

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wonders about the legend of the urn and the history behind the sketch

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ODE ON A GRACIAN URN: what will happen to the urn when keats is dead?

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the urn will remain the same and unchanged

39
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ODE ON A GRACIAN URN: what is the theme of this poem?

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beauty is truth and forever unchanged, history is never forgotten

40
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OZYMANDIAS: what type of allusion is this?

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historical allusion

41
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OZYMANDIAS: how many speakers are there?

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3 - narrator, traveler, ozymandias

42
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OZYMANDIAS: what sight does the traveler describe?

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a faded, wrinkled statue of a past ruler

43
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OZYMANDIAS: what is ironic about the inscription at the base of the statue?

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states to view the “mighty work” of the king but it is placed in a vast, open area

44
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what does the poem, “the lamb” represent?

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innocence

45
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what does the poem, “the tyger” represent?

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experience

46
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THE LAMB: what does the speaker have in common with the lamb and its creator?

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the speaker is also a child and shares the same innocence as a lamb, we all have the same worth

47
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THE TYGER: explain what blake meant by the tyger’s “fearful symmetry”?

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being beautifully and peacefully created with aspects of fear

48
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THE TYGER: what occupation is the creator compared to?

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blacksmith working with hazardous machines

49
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THE LAMB: who is the speaker?

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child

50
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THE TYGER: who is the speaker?

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adult

51
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kicked out of oxford for radical views, believed in free love and radical politics

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percy bysshe shelley

52
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explored nature with his sister, lived in the “cradle of romanticism”

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william wordsworth

53
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drug addiction, working class family, explored beauty he found in ordinary circumstances

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john keats

54
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handsome and athletic, rejected the conventions of the world

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lord byron

55
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innocence vs experience, break from status quo, non-conformist writer

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william blake

56
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fantasy books, opium addiction, celebrated the strange and exotic

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samuel taylor coleridge

57
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wrote “ozymandias”

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percy bysshe shelley

58
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wrote “the world is too much with us” and “london”

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william wordsworth

59
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wrote “ode to a gracian urn”

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john keats

60
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wrote “she walks in beauty”

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lord byron

61
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wrote “song of innocence and experience”

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william blake

62
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wrote “kubla khan”

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samuel taylor coleridge

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