THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
•The Romantic Period occurred during
what time period?
•Answer: late 1700s to early 1800s
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
•Romanticism was a reaction to the
previous period known______________,
where it was believed that reason,
intellect, and science could solve all
problems.
•Answer: Age of Enlightenment
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Romanticism was also a reaction to the
stark changes in society due to
_____________________________________
•Answer: Industrialization
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Romantic literature / poetry was also
nostalgic for
_____________________________________
•Answer: return to the past
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Romantic ideals fueled several revolutions
during this time period. Why?
•Answer: Romantic ideals supported the
rights and importance of individuals.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
By the 18th century, readers were
interested in dark, mystical, and
supernatural stories set in dark and
gloomy medieval castles. These were
called ______________ novels.
•Answer: Gothic
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The most famous gothic novel from this
period was ____________ by Mary Shelley.
•Answer: Frankenstein
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• A poem that expresses the thoughts and
feelings of a single speaker is a called a(n)
•Answer: Lyric poem
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
• An emotionally intense poem paying
respect to a person or thing where the
speaker addresses the subject directly is
called a(n) . . . .
•Answer: Ode
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
TERMS / CONCEPTS
Comparing two apparently unlike things
without using like or as is called a(n)
__________.
•Answer: metaphor
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
TERMS / CONCEPTS
Giving human traits to something
nonhuman is called a(n)
____________________.
•Answer: personification
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
TERMS / CONCEPTS
Juxtaposing two opposite or
contradictory words that reveal an
interesting truth is called a(n) _______.
•Answer: oxymoron
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
TERMS / CONCEPTS
Comparing two apparently unlike things,
using like or as is called a(n)
________________.
•Answer: simile
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________ is the use of words that
imitate sounds—for example, words like
ring, boom, and growl.
•Answer: Onomatopoeia
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________ is the repetition of initial
consonant sounds
•Answer: Alliteration
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________ is the repetition of similar
internal vowel sounds
•Answer: Assonance
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________ is the repetition of final
consonant sound
•Answer: Consonance
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
TERMS / CONCEPTS
____________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.
•Answer: Imagery
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
What initial question does the child pose to
the lamb?
•Answer: Who made thee?
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
How does the child describe the lamb in the
first stanza?
•Answer: soft, tender, wooly bright
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
What abstract idea is both the child and
the lamb a symbol for?
•Answer: innocence
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
In the second stanza, the child describes
who made the lamb. What characteristics
does he give the creator?
•Answer: meek and mild; like a lamb and a
child
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE LAMB”
The child is referring to whom here? The
lamb symbolic for . . . .
•Answer: Jesus
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
In the first stanza, where is the tyger?
•Answer: dark forest
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
What is burning bright?
•Answer: Tyger’s predatory fierceness
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
Despite the soft innocent description of the
lamb, Blake is also trying to convey the
idea of the Tyger’s . . . . ?
•Answer: power and force
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
Blake uses this fusion of opposites (lamb
and tyger) to display . . .
•Answer: the complete TRUTH of God’s
creation
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM BLAKE’S “THE TYGER”
Blake’s reflection on innocence vs.
experience in these two poems analyzes
the difference between . . .
•Answer: innocent childhood and mature
adulthood
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S “THE WORLD
IS TOO MUCH WITH US”
What does he mean when he says “Getting
and spending, we lay waste our powers”?
•Answer: In our crazy pursuit of wealth and
consumption, we give away what is our true
beauty and wealth.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S “THE WORLD
IS TOO MUCH WITH US”
How has Nature responded to us?
•Answer: It cries out and howls at our
disconnect, but we are out of tune . . . It
doesn’t bother us.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S “THE WORLD
IS TOO MUCH WITH US”
What does the poet claim he would rather
be ?
•Answer: a pagan – more in touch with
Nature
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S
“LONDON, 1802”
Who does the poem call upon to return to
England and restore its glory?
•Answer: John Milton
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S
“LONDON, 1802”
Why does the poet call upon him?
•Answer: England is stagnant, lacking inner
happiness, and is filled with selfish, mediocre
people.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S
“LONDON, 1802”
What would Milton’s return help
accomplish?
•Answer: His moral vision and example
would help restore England to its former
ways.
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THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
WILLIAM WORDWORTH’S
“LONDON, 1802”
This poem reflects what Romantic ideal?
•Answer: A return to the past for restoration.
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