This poet wrote his unfinished masterpiece "Don Juan"
Who is Lord Byron?
100
John Keats "Ode to a Grecian Urn" marvels at an urn that has survived and stayed beautiful, but not the people who made it. Unlike humans, beauty will never ___
What is die?
100
As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry:
What is "A Red, Red Rose?"
100
Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote many poems on political freedom and freedom from tyranny. He was mostly inspired by this event in France at the time.
What is The French Revolution?
100
Robert Burns' "A Red, Red Rose" compares his love to rocks, and water, and the seasons. He compares his emotion to them to show that even emotions are ___
What is natural?
200
This poet was married to the writer of Frankenstein
Who is Percy Bysshe Shelley?
200
"She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron describes an impossibly perfect woman whom he has never met. His meaning for the poem is that true ___ is unattainable.
What is love? (Baby don't hurt me)
200
"But now at thirty years my hair is grey
(I wonder what it will be like at forty?
I thought of a peruke the other day)—
My heart is not much greener; and, in short, I
Have squander'd my whole summer while 't was May,"
What is "Don Juan?"
200
This poet died in Greece and became a national hero for joining their revolutionary cause
Who is Lord Byron?
200
The mouse in "To A Mouse" has no home, and the speaker can only look down on him. The mouse in the poem is a symbol for the ___
What is poor or homeless?
300
This poet was best friends with fellow poet William Wordsworth
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
300
"The Tyger" by Robert Blake questions who could create such a beautiful monster. The way he questions the idea of a creator follows the Romantic theme of going against ___
What is religion?
300
When my mother died I was very young,
And my father sold me while yet my tongue
Could scarcely cry " 'weep! 'weep! 'weep! 'weep!"
So your chimneys I sweep & in soot I sleep."
What is the "Chimney Sweeper?"
300
This poet died of tuberculosis at the ripe-old age of 25
Who is John Keats?
300
In "Ode to the West Wind," the speaker speaks of a force in the WEST that is free and could free others from injustice as well. What does the west wind represent?
What is The United States?
400
This poet was the original Romantic who wrote "The Prelude"
Who is William Wordsworth?
400
Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a Cloud" has the speaker thinking of daffodils when he is lonely, and that it comforts him. The theme the poem makes is that nature is the key to ____
What is happiness?
400
"At length did cross an Albatross,
Thorough the fog it came;
As if it had been a Christian soul,
We hailed it in God's name."
What is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner?"
400
This poet held the title of Poet Laureate from 1843-1850
Who is William Wordsworth?
400
In "La Belle Dame Sans Merci," the flowers are withering away around the speaker. Considering he is very pale, the withering flowers represent ___
What is death?
500
This poet wrote an "Ode to Autumn" near the end of his short life. He is most famous for odes.
Who is John Keats?
500
Percy Shelley's "To A Skylark" describes a worry-free skylark, and the speaker notes how lucky it is. It is lucky because, unlike humans, nature lacks ___.
What is emotion?
500
"O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?
The sedge has wither’d from the lake,
And no birds sing."
What is "La Belle Dame Sans Merci?"
500
This Romantic poet was friends with William Wordsworth, was very sickly, and had drug addictions until his death.
Who is Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
500
In "Ozymandias," the statue of a great leader is ruined and past it's glory. The destruction of the statue represents the destructive effect of ___