Quotations
“Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.”
What is “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”?
“Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.”
Who is Satan?
Blake’s “charter’d Thames” criticizes this movement’s loss of natural wonder.
What is Neoclassicism
Who wrote the sonnet beginning “Batter my heart, three-person’d God…”?
Who is John Donne?
Pope’s spring metaphor warns that shallow study breeds this.
What is overconfidence?
“The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
What is “The Picture of Dorian Gray”?
“Water, water, everywhere, Nor any drop to drink.”
Who is the Mariner?
Pope’s warning about partial knowledge comes from this era of reason and progress.
What is the Enlightenment?
Who penned “Full many a flower is born to blush unseen…”?
Who is Thomas Gray?
Jackson’s villagers preserve ritual but forget its meaning, critiquing this.
What is blind tradition?
“Nothing beside remains.
What is “Ozymandias”?
“What do women most desire?”
Who is the Wife of Bath?
The poet of “Tyger! Tyger! burning bright” belongs to this era.
What is Romanticism?
Who imagined “I ought to be thy Adam…” spoken by his creation?
Who is Mary Shelley?
Shelley’s fallen monument illustrates this about empires.
What is the impermanence of power?
“He prayeth best, who loveth best—All things both great and small.”
What is “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”?
“Full many a flower is born to blush unseen…”
Who is Elegy's narrator?
Pope’s “Drink deep…” epitomizes the revival of classical form.
What is Neoclassicism?
Who cautioned “A little learning is a dangerous thing…”?
Who is Alexander Pope?
Wilde’s creed of pleasure foreshadows this downfall.
What is moral decay?
“Out, damned spot! out, I say!”
What is Macbeth?
“Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires.”
Who is Macbeth?
The Wife of Bath’s question “What do women most desire?” comes from this period.
What is the Medieval Period?
Who declared “Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven”?
Who is John Milton?
Lady Macbeth’s spot symbolizes this crushing force.
What is overwhelming guilt?