Whose Line Is It?
Who wrote On the Love of the Country and On the Ignorance of the Learned?
William Hazlitt
Sidney believes that the primary purpose of poetry is to _____ & _____
Teach & delight
What is the reoccurring number in "The Flea"?
Three
What is internal rhyme?
Rhyme that occurs within a single line of verse
Who wrote The Defence of Poesy?
Philip Sidney
What link does Sidney draw between the poet and God?
Both are 'makers,' they can observe flaws and create new visions of the world
Wordsworth's Preface is considered the manifesto to which literary movement?
British Romanticism
What is enjambment?
The running-over of a poetic line into the next, without punctuation or the completion of a thought
Who wrote "The Flea"?
John Donne
What setting does Wordsworth believe is ideal for poetry? (Preface)
Rural, rustic life
From The Defence of Poesy: How do the Greek and Roman names for a poet differ? (Poiein vs Vates)
Poiein ("to make")
Vates (diviner, foreseer, or prophet)
What is caesura?
An audible pause internal to a line, usually in the middle
Who wrote Preface to the Lyrical Ballads?
William Wordsworth
What role does speaker claim the flea plays in "The Flea"?
The flea, carrying both the speaker's and the woman's blood, functions as a metaphorical vehicle for their sexual union and represents their union/"marriage bed"
What is the speaker's position in "We Are Seven"?
What is a refrain?
A phrase or line recurring at intervals (ex. "We are seven")
Who wrote "The White Man's Burden"?
Rudyard Kipling
What argument does Hazlitt make regarding an individual's relationship to nature vs their relationship to other people? (On the Love of the Country)
Hazlitt argues that nature is unchanging and straightforward, while humans are "governed by a thousand contradictory and wayward impulses."
Which two writers does Hazlitt draw on as uneducated minds, according to his thesis, citing their "freshness of imagination" and "texture of thoughts and feelings" as evidence?
Shakespeare & Milton
What is tone?
The speaker’s or author’s attitude toward the reader, addressee, or subject matter