Poets
Which poet lived through WWII and was inspired heavily by it?
Auden
Inspired by the societal anxieties spawned by global instability in the 20th century.
Modernism
What does the narrator think about when they are depressed in "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
Daffodils by a stream
Name one of the three events that inspired Modernism?
WWI, WWII, Great Depression
Which poet wrote poem with symbolic characters like The Lamb and The Tyger?
Blake
Poetic movement resisting the Industrial Revolution and its consequences. Focused on imagination, emotion over logic, and nature as a sublime entity.
Romanticism
What emotion does Bronte use natural imagery to communicate in the poem "The Night is Darkening Round Me"?
Grief or uncertainty
Name one of the two historical revolutions that inspired Blake and Wordsworth.
American Revolution, French Revolution
Which poet depicted nature as wild and unpredictable, which contrasted the Romantic view of nature prior to their time?
Bronte
A poetic movement that criticized Victorian society. Focused on how class, poverty, gender roles change dynamics. Pushed for reforms vs rejection of Industrial Revolution.
Victorianism
What is the Blake wondering about throughout the poem "The Tyger"?
How both good and evil can exist simultaneously
What major economic shift led to issues like child labor and uncontrolled urban growth?
Industrial Revolution
Which poet spent his life traveling and teaching poetry?
Wordsworth
Poetic movement inspired by renewed interest in Greek and Roman art and literature during the Renaissance. Focused on wit, strict form and structure, and politics.
Neoclassicism
What rhetorical questions does the speaker ask throughout "The Lamb"?
Who made you?
What era was Bronte living in, and what expectations were there of women?
Victorian era, women were expected to be confined to the domestic spaces
Which author was more famous for the novel Wuthering Heights than their poetry?
Bronte
What did Neoclassicism avoid doing that later movements, like Romanticism, focused on?
Individual emotions or feelings
What does Auden critique about power and leadership in "Epitaph on a Tyrant"?
The instability and insecurity of dictators
This historical event led to the a larger interest in philosophy, politics, and human rights?
The Enlightenment