Poetic Genres
lyric poem of 14 lines commonly written in iambic pentameter
What is a sonnet?
"Hello, and welcome to this Brit Lit 10 podcast."
Who is Dr. Masullo?
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils
What is "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
originally accepted the Creature since he couldn't see him
Who is De Lacey?
"I hear America _____"
What is singing?
long narrative poem on a serious subject in a formal style
What is an epic?
Frankenstein
Who is Mary Shelley?
Gather ye rose-buds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying
What is "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time"?
a young woman strangled by her lover
Who is Porphyria?
I wanted to live deep and suck out all the _____ of life
What is marrow?
a lyric poem on a serious or dignified theme, usually expressed to someone or something
What is an ode?
Of Mice and Men
Who is John Steinbeck?
better to reign in hell
than to serve in Heaven
What is Paradise Lost?
his statue ended up in ruins
Who is Ozymandias?
"Because I could not stop for ______"
What is Death?
a formal, dignified poem on death
What is an elegy?
The Lamb, The Tyger
Who is William Blake?
...send not to know
For whom the bell tolls,
It tolls for thee.
What is Meditation 17?
Had "too much of water"
Who is Ophelia?
"The _____ take me if I have made a farthing"
What is devil?
a favorite form of Robert Browning, e.g. "My Last Duchess"
What is dramatic monologue?
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Who is George Gordon, Lord Byron?
Beauty is truth, truth beauty
What is "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
loved to bet on anything and everything
Who is the Jim Smiley?
"a foolish consistency is the _____ of little minds"
What is hobgoblin?