Lyrical Ballads
Which two poets collaborated on Lyrical Ballads in 1798?
Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth
Who was the first to respond (published) to Edmund Burke's Reflections?
Mary Wollstonecraft
What event inspired Percy Shelley's Mask of Anarchy?
The Peterloo Massacre
What is blank verse?
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Was William Blake solely a poet?
He was a skilled artisan and engraver.
What does the ancient mariner do that gets him into his predicament?
He shoots and kills an albatross
Who had the most influential (most published) response to Burke's Reflections?
Thomas Paine
In what year did Keats write most of his great odes?
1819
What literary form inspired most of Keats's odes?
The sonnet - Shakespearean and Petrarchan
Was Blake a fan of rationalism and other Enlightenment philosophy?
NO!
What meter is "Tintern Abbey" written in?
Blank verse
Who was Edmund Burke initially responding to in Reflections on the Revolution in France?
Richard Price and his sermon "The Love of One's Country"
What was a major theme Thomas Carlyle argued against in Signs of the Times?
Mechanism, commercialized industry, uniform education, and the loss of individual endeavor and skill.
What is a metrical foot?
The basic unit of measurement for rhythm. It does not have to be two syllables, as in iambic and trochaic.
Why was Blake hardly read during his lifetime?
He made all his own books, so there were hardly any copies of his works.
Which syntactic method was used a lot in the lyrical ballads? HINT: It is when a sentence continues beyond the end of a line of verse.
Enjambment
What was Edmund Burke talking about in Reflections?
He opposed the French Revolution, believing it had upended important societal expectations. INHERITANCE is a big theme for Burke.
What major philosophy did Thomas Carlyle ardently OPPOSE?
Utilitarianism
What does iambic meter indicate?
One unstressed syllable, one stressed syllable. "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
What conflict did William Blake attend in 1780?
The Gordon Riots. Remember: he was not just an observer. He was directly involved in these events.
What is a poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Eolian Harp, This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison, Frost at Midnight...
Which major English poet was in France during the French Revolution?
William Wordsworth
Lines Written in Early Spring, Tintern Abbey, She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways, We Are Seven...
What is pentameter?
A line with five metrical feet
What is a poem by William Blake?
Chimney Sweeper, London, The Tyger, Holy Thursday, The Lamb...