Whose Line Is It?
Who wrote "On the Love of the Country" and "On the Ignorance of the Learned" ?
William Hazlitt
Sidney believes that the primary purpose of poetry is to _____ & _____
Teach & delight
What is the reoccurring number in "The Flea"?
Three
Who wrote The Defence of Poesy?
Philip Sidney
What link does Sidney draw between the poet and God?
Both are 'makers,' they can observe flaws and create new visions of the world
Who wrote "The Flea"?
John Donne
What setting does Wordsworth establish as ideal for poetry in Preface?
Who wrote Lyrical Ballads?
William Wordsworth
What role does speaker claim the flea plays in "The Flea"?
The speaker claims that the flea, carrying both the speaker's and the woman's blood, represents their union and their "marriage bed."
Which two writers does Hazlitt draw on as uneducated minds, citing their "freshness of imagination" and "texture of thoughts and feelings" as evidence?
Shakespeare & Milton
Who wrote "The White Man's Burden"?
Rudyard Kipling
What argument does Hazlitt make regarding an individual's relationship to nature vs their relationship to other people? (On the Love of the Country)
Hazlitt argues that nature is unchanging and straightforward, while humans are "governed by a thousand contradictory and wayward impulses."