U8 L3 Romantic Poets: Wordsworth

Question 1

What is the first generation of Romantic poets?

Answer 1

• Wordsworth

- Coleridge

Question 2

What is the second generation of Romantic poets?

Answer 2

• Byron
• Keats
• Shelley

Question 3

What is the difference between first and second generation Romantic poets?

Answer 3

1- developing new mode of thought

2-using poetry to explore imagination

Question 4

What is a poetic image?

Answer 4

anything that can be (insert 5 senses)

Question 5

The power of words is increased through the poet’s use of what figures or speech?

Answer 5

• simile
• metaphor
• irony
• hyperbole
• metonymy

Question 6

What figures of speech can produce sound effects to make an emotional effect?

Answer 6

• alliteration
• assonance
• onomatopoeia
• meter and rhyme

Question 7

What are the two most common figures of speech?

Answer 7

simile and metaphor

Question 8

What is apostrophe?

Answer 8

• similar to personification

- something other than God or living person is addressed

Question 9

What is a paradox?

Answer 9

• another form of irony

- statement seems contradictory but is true

Question 10

What is Hyperbole?

Answer 10

overstatement/ exaggeration

Question 11

What is metonymy?

Answer 11

substitutes something closely related for the actual idea/thing
(The pen is mightier than the sword)

Question 12

What is Synecdoche?

Answer 12

-another type of metonymy
-associates part of a thing with the whole thing
(you like my new wheels? (car))

Question 13

At the age of 8, Wordsworth was sent to which school? What was its significance?

Answer 13

Hawkshead School

-appreciation for nature

Question 14

In 1787, Wordsworth went to which College?

Answer 14

St John’s College, Cambridge

Question 15

Was Wordsworth interested in his studies at St. John’s College? What was the result

Answer 15

no, received degree without honor

Question 16

Who was Dorothy?

Answer 16

Wordsworth’s sister

Question 17

How many children did Wordsworth have?

Answer 17

five

Question 18

What was the position that Wordsworth gained that solved his financial problems?

Answer 18

stamp-distributor

Question 19

In 1843, Wordsworth was made () of England

Answer 19

Poet Laureate

Question 20

What is a poet laureate?

Answer 20

British poet honored as the national poet

Question 21

In later years, Wordsworth became involved in which Church and accepted what approach to religion?

Answer 21

Anglican, orthodox

Question 22

In later years, Wordsworth’s political views became more ()

Answer 22

conservative

Question 23

When and at what age did Wordsworth die?

Answer 23

1850, 80

Question 24

What was Wordsworth’s earliest published work?

Answer 24

Descriptive Sketches

Question 25

Is Descriptive Sketches conventional?

Answer 25

yes

Question 26

How many editions was Lyrical Ballads published in?

Answer 26

three

Question 27

What publication comprises of Wordsworth’s best writing?

Answer 27

Poems in Two Volumes

Question 28

What factors contributed to Wordsworth’s dissillusionment?

Answer 28

• French rev fail
• inability to exp youth passion
• brother’s death
• alienation from Coleridge
• acceptance of life’s realities

Question 29

As a Romantic poet, Wordsworth was more successful in his () poetry

Answer 29

early

Question 30

In what volume was Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey published?

Answer 30

Lyrical Ballads

Question 31

What does Tintern Abbey tell?

Answer 31

• poets thoughts in return visit to Why valley
• changing relationship with nature
• function of imagination

Question 32

What is the Abbey referred to in Lines Composed…?

Answer 32

ruin on edge of Wye River and near Southeastern Wales

Question 33

What are the 3 levels/stages of life which Wordsworth perceived nature in Tintern Abbey?

Answer 33

1-physical beauty
2-source of emotional comfort, inspiration, understanding
3-divine presence