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?
The Wife's Lament
What is Medieval?
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?
A Dictionary of the English Language, Gulliver's Travels
What is the Restoration?
a lyric poem on a serious or dignified theme, usually expressed to someone or something
What is an ode?
Fox 8
Who is George Saunders?
better to reign in hell
than to serve in Heaven
What is Paradise Lost?
his statue ended up in ruins
Who is Ozymandias?
My Last Duchess, To an Athlete Dying Young
What is the Victorian Era?
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?
should not be proud
Who is Death?
To a Mouse, The World is Too Much with Us
What is the Romantic Period?
ridicules ideas, customs, behaviors, or institutions to better society
What is satire?
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Who is George Gordon, Lord Byron?
Beauty is truth, truth beauty
What is "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?
his wife was "too soon made glad"
Who is the Duke?
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love; When I Consider How My Light is Spent
What is the Renaissance?