The Romantic Period Historical background

1. The Romantic Period occurred during what time period? The Romantic Period Historical background • Answer: late 1700s to early 1800s

2. Romanticism was a reaction to the previous period known______________, where it was believed that reason, intellect, and science could solve all problems. The Romantic Period Historical background • Answer: Age of Enlightenment

3. Romanticism was also a reaction to the stark changes in society due to _____________________________________ The Romantic Period Historical background • Answer: Industrialization

4. Romantic literature / poetry was also nostalgic for _____________________________________ The Romantic Period Historical background • Answer: return to the past

5. Romantic ideals fueled several revolutions during this time period. Why? The Romantic Period Historical background • Answer: Romantic ideals supported the rights and importance of individuals.

6. By the 18th century, readers were interested in dark, mystical, and supernatural stories set in dark and gloomy medieval castles. These were called ______________ novels. The Romantic Period Historical background • Answer: Gothic

7. The most famous gothic novel from this period was ____________ by Mary Shelley. The Romantic Period Historical background • Answer: Frankenstein

8. A poem that expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker is a called a(n) The Romantic Period Historical background • Answer: Lyric poem

9. An emotionally intense poem paying respect to a person or thing where the speaker addresses the subject directly is called a(n) . . . . The Romantic Period Historical background • Answer: Ode

10. Comparing two apparently unlike things without using like or as is called a(n) __________. The Romantic Period Terms / Concepts • Answer: metaphor

11. Giving human traits to something nonhuman is called a(n) ____________________. The Romantic Period Terms / Concepts • Answer: personification

12. Juxtaposing two opposite or contradictory words that reveal an interesting truth is called a(n) _______. The Romantic Period Terms / Concepts • Answer: oxymoron

13. Comparing two apparently unlike things, using like or as is called a(n) ________________. The Romantic Period Terms / Concepts • Answer: simile

14. ____________ is the use of words that imitate sounds—for example, words like ring, boom, and growl. The Romantic Period Terms / Concepts • Answer: Onomatopoeia

15. ____________ is the repetition of initial consonant sounds The Romantic Period Terms / Concepts • Answer: Alliteration

16. ____________ is the repetition of similar internal vowel sounds The Romantic Period Terms / Concepts • Answer: Assonance

17. ____________ is the repetition of final consonant sound The Romantic Period Terms / Concepts • Answer: Consonance

18. ____________is descriptive language that appeals to the senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell. It may refer to a literal description, as well as to figurative language that evokes sensory experiences. The Romantic Period Terms / Concepts • Answer: Imagery

19. What initial question does the child pose to the lamb? The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Lamb” • Answer: Who made thee?

20. How does the child describe the lamb in the first stanza? The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Lamb” • Answer: soft, tender, wooly bright

21. What abstract idea is both the child and the lamb a symbol for? The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Lamb” • Answer: innocence

22. In the second stanza, the child describes who made the lamb. What characteristics does he give the creator? The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Lamb” • Answer: meek and mild; like a lamb and a child

23. The child is referring to whom here? The lamb symbolic for . . . . The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Lamb” • Answer: Jesus

24. In the first stanza, where is the tyger? The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Tyger” • Answer: dark forest

25. What is burning bright? The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Tyger” • Answer: Tyger’s predatory fierceness

26. Despite the soft innocent description of the lamb, Blake is also trying to convey the idea of the Tyger’s . . . . ? The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Tyger” • Answer: power and force

27. Blake uses this fusion of opposites (lamb and tyger) to display . . . The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Tyger” • Answer: the complete TRUTH of God’s creation

28. Blake’s reflection on innocence vs. experience in these two poems analyzes the difference between . . . The Romantic Period William Blake’s “The Tyger” • Answer: innocent childhood and mature adulthood

29. What does he mean when he says “Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers”? The Romantic Period William Wordworth’s “The world is too much with us” • Answer: In our crazy pursuit of wealth and consumption, we give away what is our true beauty and wealth.

30. How has Nature responded to us? The Romantic Period William Wordworth’s “The world is too much with us” • Answer: It cries out and howls at our disconnect, but we are out of tune . . . It doesn’t bother us.

31. What does the poet claim he would rather be ? The Romantic Period William Wordworth’s “The world is too much with us” • Answer: a pagan – more in touch with Nature

32. Who does the poem call upon to return to England and restore its glory? The Romantic Period William Wordworth’s “London, 1802” • Answer: John Milton

33. Why does the poet call upon him? The Romantic Period William Wordworth’s “London, 1802” • Answer: England is stagnant, lacking inner happiness, and is filled with selfish, mediocre people.

34. What would Milton’s return help accomplish? The Romantic Period William Wordworth’s “London, 1802” • Answer: His moral vision and example would help restore England to its former ways.

35. This poem reflects what Romantic ideal? The Romantic Period William Wordworth’s “London, 1802” • Answer: A return to the past for restoration.