U8 L2 Poetic Revolution Flashcards
What were the revolutions that were directly linked to the Romantic movement in England?
- political
- Industrial
- philosophical
When was the first edition of Lyrical Ballads published?
1798
What is Lyrical Ballads? Who wrote it?
- poetry volume
- first significant publication of Romantic poetry
- William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge
Did Romantic poets even view themselves as ‘Romantic poets’?
no, given title years later
Who wrote the Preface of the second edition of Lyrical Ballads?
William Wordsworth
What does Wordsworth explain in the Preface?
theories he and Coleridge followed in writing poems
Wordsworth and Coleridge wrote poetry that was free of what?
artificial restrictions of earlier poetry
Did all Romantic poets accept or use all the elements of Wordsworth’s theory?
no
Neoclassic poetry was basically and imitation of what and intended to do what?
- human life
- instruct and please reader
What were the characters in Neoclassic poetry meant to represent?
- all men
- examples of acceptable/unacceptable behavior
Wordsworth believed that good poetry is a spontaneous overflow of ()
powerful feelings
The subject of Romantic poetry was the () of the writer
personal experience
What point of view was Romantic poetry written in if the poet is the subject?
first person
What form of poem was frequently used to best suit the subject?
lyric
Many critics object the use of first person in Romantic poetry and accuse the poet of being too ()
subjective
