the romantic period occurred during what time period? answer: late 1700s to early 1800s 1
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
•The Romantic Period occurred during what time period?
• Answer: late 1700s to early 1800s
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
•Romanticism was a reaction to the previous period known______________, where it was believed that reason, intellect, and science could solve all problems.
• Answer: Age of Enlightenment
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Romanticism was also a reaction to the stark changes in society due to _____________________________________
• Answer: Industrialization
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Romantic literature / poetry was also nostalgic for _____________________________________
• Answer: return to the past
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Romantic ideals fueled several revolutions during this time period. Why?
• Answer: Romantic ideals supported the rights and importance of individuals.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
By the 18th century, readers were interested in dark, mystical, and supernatural stories set in dark and gloomy medieval castles. These were called ______________ novels.
• Answer: Gothic
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The most famous gothic novel from this period was ____________ by Mary Shelley.
• Answer: Frankenstein
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker is a called a(n)
• Answer: Lyric poem
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• An emotionally intense poem paying respect to a person or thing where the speaker addresses the subject directly is called a(n) . . . .
• Answer: Ode
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TERMS / CONCEPTS
Comparing two apparently unlike things without using like or as is called a(n) __________.
• Answer: metaphor
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TERMS / CONCEPTS
Giving human traits to something nonhuman is called a(n) ____________________.
• Answer: personification
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TERMS / CONCEPTS
Juxtaposing two opposite or contradictory words that reveal an interesting truth is called a(n) _______.
• Answer: oxymoron
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TERMS / CONCEPTS
Comparing two apparently unlike things, using like or as is called a(n) ________________.
• Answer: simile
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________ is the use of words that imitate sounds—for example, words like ring, boom, and growl.
• Answer: Onomatopoeia
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________ is the repetition of initial consonant sounds
• Answer: Alliteration
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________ is the repetition of similar internal vowel sounds
• Answer: Assonance
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________ is the repetition of final consonant sound
• Answer: Consonance
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________is descriptive language that appeals to the senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell. It may refer to a literal description, as well as to figurative language that evokes sensory experiences.
• Answer: Imagery
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
What initial question does the child pose to the lamb?
• Answer: Who made thee?
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
How does the child describe the lamb in the first stanza?
• Answer: soft, tender, wooly bright
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
What abstract idea is both the child and the lamb a symbol for?
• Answer: innocence
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
In the second stanza, the child describes who made the lamb. What characteristics does he give the creator?
• Answer: meek and mild; like a lamb and a child
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
The child is referring to whom here? The lamb symbolic for . . . .
• Answer: Jesus
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
In the first stanza, where is the tyger?
• Answer: dark forest
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
What is burning bright?
• Answer: Tyger’s predatory fierceness
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
Despite the soft innocent description of the lamb, Blake is also trying to convey the idea of the Tyger’s . . . . ?
• Answer: power and force
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
Blake uses this fusion of opposites (lamb and tyger) to display . . .
• Answer: the complete TRUTH of God’s creation
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
Blake’s reflection on innocence vs. experience in these two poems analyzes the difference between . . .
• Answer: innocent childhood and mature adulthood
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S “THE WORLD
IS TOO MUCH WITH US”
What does he mean when he says “Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers”?
• Answer: In our crazy pursuit of wealth and consumption, we give away what is our true beauty and wealth.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S “THE WORLD
IS TOO MUCH WITH US”
How has Nature responded to us?
• Answer: It cries out and howls at our disconnect, but we are out of tune . . . It doesn’t bother us.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S “THE WORLD
IS TOO MUCH WITH US”
What does the poet claim he would rather be ?
• Answer: a pagan – more in touch with Nature
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S
“LONDON, 1802”
Who does the poem call upon to return to England and restore its glory?
• Answer: John Milton
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S
“LONDON, 1802”
Why does the poet call upon him?
• Answer: England is stagnant, lacking inner happiness, and is filled with selfish, mediocre people.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S
“LONDON, 1802”
What would Milton’s return help accomplish?
• Answer: His moral vision and example would help restore England to its former ways.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S
“LONDON, 1802”
This poem reflects what Romantic ideal?
• Answer: A return to the past for restoration.