Daffodils
Who wrote Daffodils/I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud?
William Wordsworth
Where is the statue located?
In the desert
Who wrote The Castle of Otranto?
Horace Walpole
In which country did the group stay in 1816?
Switzerland
In which century did Romanticism begin?
Late 18th century
What natural element are the daffodils compared to in number?
Stars.
What remains of the statue?
Legs and a broken face.
In what century was The Castle of Otranto published?
18th century/1764
What was the name of Lord Byron’s villa?
Villa Diodati
Name one Romantic poet.
Wordsworth/Coleridge/Shelley/Keats/Byron
What body of water is mentioned near the daffodils?
A lake
Who tells the speaker about the statue?
A traveller
Who wrote The Mysteries of Udolpho?
Ann Radcliffe.
What natural disaster caused the bad weather that year?
The eruption of a volcano (Mount Tambora)
What type of setting is common in Gothic literature?
Castles/ruins/enclosed spaces
lonely, isolated open spaces
What does the speaker do when he remembers the daffodils?
Lies on his couch and thinks about them
What is written on the pedestal?
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!
What type of building is central in both novels?
A castle
What challenge did Byron give the group?
To write their own ghost story
What genre is Frankenstein often considered the beginning of?
Science fiction
What word describes the speaker’s state at the beginning?
Lonely
What surrounds the statue?
Empty desert/nothing
In which country is The Mysteries of Udolpho mainly set?
Italy
Name one other work created during this trip (not Frankenstein).
The Vampyre (John Polidori)
What year is often called “The Year Without a Summer”?
1816