Poets
Poetic movements
Poetry analysis
Relevant history
100

Which poet lived through WWII and was inspired heavily by it?

Auden

100

Inspired by the societal anxieties spawned by global instability in the 20th century.

Modernism

100

What does the narrator think about when they are depressed in "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?

Daffodils by a stream

100

Name one of the three events that inspired Modernism?

WWI, WWII, Great Depression

200

Which poet wrote poem with symbolic characters like The Lamb and The Tyger?

Blake

200

Poetic movement resisting the Industrial Revolution and its consequences. Focused on imagination, emotion over logic, and nature as a sublime entity.

Romanticism

200

What emotion does Bronte use natural imagery to communicate in the poem "The Night is Darkening Round Me"?

Grief or uncertainty

200

Name one of the two historical revolutions that inspired Blake and Wordsworth.

American Revolution, French Revolution

300

Which poet depicted nature as wild and unpredictable, which contrasted the Romantic view of nature prior to their time?

Bronte

300

A poetic movement that criticized Victorian society. Focused on how class, poverty, gender roles change dynamics. Pushed for reforms vs rejection of Industrial Revolution.

Victorianism

300

What is the Blake wondering about throughout the poem "The Tyger"?

How both good and evil can exist simultaneously

300

What major economic shift led to issues like child labor and uncontrolled urban growth?

Industrial Revolution

400

Which poet spent his life traveling and teaching poetry?

Wordsworth

400

Poetic movement inspired by renewed interest in Greek and Roman art and literature during the Renaissance. Focused on wit, strict form and structure, and politics.

Neoclassicism

400

What rhetorical questions does the speaker ask throughout "The Lamb"?

Who made you?

400

What era was Bronte living in, and what expectations were there of women?

Victorian era, women were expected to be confined to the domestic spaces

500

Which author was more famous for the novel Wuthering Heights than their poetry?

Bronte

500

What did Neoclassicism avoid doing that later movements, like Romanticism, focused on?

Individual emotions or feelings

500

What does Auden critique about power and leadership in "Epitaph on a Tyrant"?

The instability and insecurity of dictators

500

This historical event led to the a larger interest in philosophy, politics, and human rights?

The Enlightenment