Romantic Age Exam Jeopardy

Poets

100

Died at 25 due to tuberculosis

("Ode to a Nightingale," "Ode on a Grecian Urn," "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be")

John Keats

200

Scottish writer who was considered as a national hero due to his impactful writing 

("To a Mouse," "To a Louse")

Robert Burns

300

Very sensitive poet known for his exaggeration 

("Ozymandias," "Ode to the West Wind")

Percy Shelley 

400

Known for writing a poem after dreaming

("Kubla Khan," "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner")

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

500

Very satirical writer who also used references from the Bible and his travels

("She Walks in Beauty," "Apostrophe to the Ocean")

Lord Byron

Historical Context

100

What major event happened in 1789 that overall started the Romantic Age?

The French Revolution

200

This event was the transition from creating goods by hand to using machines.

(1760-1840)

Industrial Revolution

300

Who was known as the father of the romantic poets

William Wordsworth

400

Who was the head of the French during the French Revolution? 

Napoleon Bonaparte.  

500

Which act extended voting rights? 

First Reform Act

Poetic Techniques

100

a poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead

Elegy

200

a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.

Sonnet

300

a lyric poem in the form of an address to a particular subject, often elevated in style or manner and written in varied or irregular meter.

Ode

400

the use of detailed description of a work of visual art as a literary device.

Ekphrasis 

500

poetry that doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme

Free Verse

Name the Poet

100

The Epitaph: 

"Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth 

A youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown." 

Thomas Gray 

("Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard")

200

"I'm truly sorry man's dominion 

Has broken Nature's social union." 

Robert Burns

("To A Mouse") 

300

"Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's 

Glasses itself in tempests:" 

Lord Byron 

("Apostrophe to the Ocean") 

400

"If I were a dead leaf thou might despair; 

If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee;

A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share." 

Percy Shelly 

("Ode to the West Wind")

500

"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter"

John Keats 

("Ode on a Grecian Urn")

Ideas of Romantic Poetry

100

In John Keats' poem, "Ode to a Nightingale" what is the idea of the poem. 

Nature and death

200

In Wordsworth's poem, "Lines Composed a few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" the main idea is

Maturing and appreciating nature

300

In Robert Burns poem, "To a Louse" the main idea is

humbling the upper class

400

In "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelly the main idea is

Power and fame doesn't last

500

In "Apostrophe to the Ocean" by Lord Byron the main idea is

Appreciation of nature's beauty