poetry quiz Flashcards
Ode to a Greaciian Urn
The idea of how art can capture the beauty of immortality of things where life cant. Art/pictures/memories all have a nostalgic feeling because “you cant go home again”. Art and memories can capture beautiful things that life passes by
When I have Fears
About how the speaker is scared he will die too soon and not be able to get all his ideas out into poetry.The poet and the poem comes into play because the poem talks about how the speaker is scared of the things hell miss doing if he dies early and his loved ones, and the poet left his wife to be a widow
She walks in beauty
Relates the idea of how to be truly beautiful you must be beautiful on the inside, not just the outside. The poem also describes the delicacy of beauty and poise not only in oneself but also in poetry and nature. Throughout this poem the speaker compares an internally beautiful woman to almost an angelic type of person
when we were two parted
This poem is about a doomed romance with the narrator being a cheater. The purpose of this poem is for the author to explain how sadness over his previous relationship coming to an end and the pain it caused.
Ozymandius
The main theme and message of this poem is how power is temporary as is everything and that you could be the most influential person in the world but after death it will not matter. There is also a lot of ironic contrast in this poem as the poet compares the inscription of the statue to the scenery around it which continue to show how all good things come to an end.
Ode to the West wind
This poem personifies the wind and talks about the yin and yang contrast of nature. Nature can be a destroyer yet a nurterer. The wind is a great example of this, as described throughout the poem because not only can the wind spread seeds and create new trees to grow but the wind can also cause hurricanes and destroy cities. The wind has a very powerful effect to our world.
