Romanticism Flashcards

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Agony

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(Noun) pain, suffering (mental or physical)

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Garment

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(Noun) article of clothing

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Solemn

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(Adj.) serious

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Creed

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(Noun) principles or set of beliefs someone lives by

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Weary

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(Adj.) tired, worn-down

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Lea

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(Noun) meadow

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Dank

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(Adj.) damp and cold

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Tranquility

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(Noun) peacefulness, calm

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Crag

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(Noun) steep or rugged rock

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Sultry

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(Adj.) hot and oppressive

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Dismal

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(Adj.) dreary

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Suckled

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(Verb) nourished or feed by

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Pensive

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(Adj.) sour fully thoughtful

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Sheen

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(Noun) brightness or gloss

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Wan

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(Adj.) pale

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Penance

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(Noun) suffering in repayment for sin

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Averred

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(Verb) declared; asserted

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Discerned

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(Verb) perceive clearly

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Abated

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(Verb) become less server

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Romanticism dates

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Before Romanticism what important event happened in British history

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The revolutionary war

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What were some problems and challenges were British facing before Romanticism

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Crimes of child labor, religious groups were denied, and lost its colonies

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Features of Romantic writing:

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Individual(focus on emotions), spontaneity, love of nature(source of information), celebrated ordinary common man, fascinated with supernatural and exotic

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What writers in the Romantic time period were seeking truth

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William Wordsworth, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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What writers in the Romantic time period focused on embracing the imagination
Lord Byron, Mary Shelly, Percy Shelly, John Keats
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What is a ballad
Narrative poem that can be sung
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What are sound devices used for poetry
Onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhyme, and repetition
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What is a literary ballad
Products of writers' conscious efforts to initiate the folk-ballad style
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What did Samuel Coleridge collaborate with, and what were his job occupations
Wordsworth; poet, philosopher, and a critic
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What 3 things hampered Coleridge's achievements
He was ill, addicted to opium, and he procrastinated
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Who wrote "The Rime Of An Ancient Mariner"
Samuel Coleridge
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"The Rime Of An Ancient Mariner" who shot the Albatross
Mariner/narrator
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What forces the man to listen to the Mariner's story
The Mariner's glittering eyes
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Why did the crew hang the Albatross around the Mariner's neck
Show it's his fault after the bird died (guilt)
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What happened after the Albatross was killed
It got hot and oppressive
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What two people does the Mariner see on the ghost ship; what were they doing, who won, and did they win
Death and Life-in-Death; Life-in-Death won and got the Mariner why Death got the crew
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What were the negative consequences for killing the Albatross
He can't sleep, alone, can't pray, shipmates died, 7 days and nights without food and water, ship is rotting (not moving)
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How and what gets better for the Mariner
He shows loves for the snakes(nature), so now he can sleep, the Albatross feel off, water, pray
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What is the theme in the "The Rime Of An Ancient Mariner"
Love everything even nature because God made it
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What does the Albatross symbolize
The Mariner's sin and guilt
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What is the Mariner's penance for killing the Albatross
Tell his tale to the person who needs to hear his story