British Romanticism

History

100

The Romantic Period began in Western Europe during this year...

1750

200

Because of the harsh living and working condition as well as over crowding and pollution in the cities during this time, the Romantics became fascinated with _____

What is nature

300

The revolutionary war that influenced the Romantic Era

The French Revolution

400

Some Romantic poets expressed concern about increased crowding and pollution in the cities, reflecting their concerns about the _______ revolution.

What is Industrial?

500

Romanticism defined itself by opposition to which era?

The Enlightenment 

Poets

100

Father of the Contemporary Ode

Pablo Neruda

200

Name one of the original British Romantic Poets

Wordsworth, Blake, Shelley, Coleridge, Keats, Byron

300

Wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley---famously wrote Frankenstein as a response to the Industrial Revolution and ever-expanding technological advancement

Mary Shelley 

400

The “Father of British Romanticism” ‒ considered to be the best in this genre.

William Wordsworth

500

Name the 5 Is of Romanticism

Imagination, Intuition, Idealism, Inspirtaion, and Individualism

Core Tenets of Romanticism

100

Where did Romantic author find inspiration for their works?

Nature

200

The (Blank) is seen as the "original rebel". The (Blank) is seen as the "true genius" due to its freedom of tradition and innocence/natural sweetness 

The Child

300

Poets used this concept as a response to the forces of change. This concept has both a light and dark side, and is used to channel one's true creativity.

The Imagination 

400

Romantics believed that _________ rather than reason was the best response to force social change.

Emotion

500

Name one abstract concept that Romanticism rebelled AGAINST

Tradition or Reason

Literary Devices

100

"An hundred years should go to praise Thine eyes, and on thy forehead gaze; Two hundred to adore each breast, But thirty thousand to the rest;"

Hyperbole

200

"When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

Personification

300

"I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o’er vales and hills"

Simile

400

"The sculptur'd dead, on each side, seem to freeze, Emprison'd in black, purgatorial rails."

Gothic Imagery

500

"The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea."

Alliteration