Author Identity
This famous Irish-English satirist was well-known for writing two influential works in English Literature, specifically Gulliver's Travels, as well as A Modest Proposal.
Jonathan Swift
This poetic movement emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the spontaneous, and the emotional nature of humanity, rather than on cold logic.
The Romantic Movement
"I shot the Albatross!"
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
The name of the island of small people to which Gulliver traveled first. Here, he had several misadventures involving holding such people in his hand.
Liliput
Poem composed during an Opium trip.
Kubla Khan.
This Scottish author was famous for writing poems such as To a Mouse, and made heavy use of dialect in his writing.
Robert Burns
Described by Alexander Pope as 'a great force used to lift a feather', this style of satire emphasizes incredibly eloquent language used to describe mundane events.
Mock-Epic
"Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:
England hath need of thee:"
London, 1802
This poem, written by William Blake, was innocent and childlike, singing praise for one of God's most gentle creatures.
The Lamb
Hate-poem dedicated to a terrible terrible creature that then turns into deep philosophical thought about the nature of man.
To a Louse
This 'proto-Romantic' was responsible for writing the Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. He was extremely spiritual as well.
William Blake
This form of repetition uses constant use of the same sound at the beginning of words. (Beat, Break, Bash.)
Alliteration
"When bold Sir Plume had drawn Clarissa down
Chloe stepped in and killed him with a frown;
She smiled to see the doughty hero slain,
But, at her smile, the beau revived again."
The Rape of the Lock
The name of the woman whose hair was snipped in The Rape of the Lock.
Belinda
Nobles get mad over the smallest things.
Rape of the Lock
This famous satirist is most well-known for writing The Rape of the Lock, composed epigrams, and wrote an essay on the topic of Literary Criticism.
Alexander Pope
This poetic device presents two major opposites and makes a point with them.
Paradox
"He is called by thy name,
[...]
He is meek and he is mild,
he became a little child:
[...]
We are called by his name."
The Lamb
The two things mice are blessed to not possess, unlike us human beings. Described by Robert Burns' To a Mouse.
Foresight and memory.
The Odyssey.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
This Romantic poet is best known for writing Lines Composed Above Tintern Abbey as well as another poem, known as London, 1802. He also has a really cool name.
William Wordsworth
This type of poem is very serious, often reflecting on the death of an individual, and is somber in nature.
Elegy
"The King was struck with horror at the description I had given of those terrible engines, and the proposal I had made. He was amazed at how so impotent and groveling and insect as I (these were his expressions) could entertain such inhuman ideas[...]"
Gulliver's Travels
This is the area in which the Ancient Mariner sailed, and where he and his crew were trapped for a long time.
The South Pole
A ye-olde travel blog.
Gulliver's Travels