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Flashcards in Romantic Period Deck (12)
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1
Q

Romanticism lasted from _______ to ________.

A

1780’s; 1830’s

2
Q

The main focus of Romanticism is on _______.

A

Nature

3
Q

William Wordsworth describes poetry as “_____________________________”

A

The spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings from emotion recollected in tranquility.

4
Q

Who wrote “the Chimney Sweeper”?

A

William Blake

5
Q

Who wrote “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey”?

A

William Wordsworth

6
Q

Who wrote “Ode to the West Wind”?

A

Percy Bysshe Shelley

7
Q

Who wrote “Ode to a Nightingale”?

A

John Keats

8
Q

Who wrote “the Cry of the Children”?

A

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

9
Q

Who was Elizabeth Browning’s husband?

A

Robert Browning

10
Q

Who wrote “the Lady of Shallot”?

A

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

11
Q

Who did the Lady of Shallot turn to look at?

A

Sir Lancelot

12
Q

Who wrote “My Last Duchess”?

A

Robert Browning