V6 Alquin Romanticism 58-66 William Wordsworth

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• Wrote ‘the Lyrical Ballads’ together with Samuel Taylor Coleridge which officially started the Romantic period in England,
• Wrote dark poetry at first, about social injustice
  
• Was inspired by his immediate surroundings (Lake district) and his childhood.
  
• Spent some years in France, during the French Revolution, and fathered a daughter there.
  
• Married Mary Hutchinson
  
• Had a neurotic sister, Dorothy, for whom he took care until she died
  

Which of the following identifies the theme of the poem?

1. The beauty of nature brings people pleasure.
2. Nature reflects the variety of emotions that humans feel.
3. Humans rarely appreciate the beauty of nature that surrounds them.
4. Nature is the best inspiration for hopeful artists.

Which detail from the text best shows the theme of the poem?

1. “I wandered lonely as a cloud / That floats on high o'er vales and hills,” (Lines 1-2)
2. “A poet could not but be gay, / In such a jocund company:” (Lines 15-16)
3. “I gazed — and gazed — but little thought / What wealth the show to me had brought:” (Lines 17-18)
4. “In vacant or in pensive mood, / They flash upon that inward eye” (Lines 20-21)

For oft, when on my couch I lie / In vacant or in pensive mood, / They flash upon that inward eye ----- What poetic device is 'inward eye'?

1. Sonnet
2. Metaphor
3. Simile
4. Enjambment

The devil mocks the doleful tale ------ Which poetic device can you find in this sentence?

1. Assonance
2. Alliteration
3. Dramatic monologue
4. Simile

How does the poet’s use of sound influence the mood of the poem?

1. The poet uses a predictable rhyme scheme to create a cheerful mood.
2. The poet uses free verse to create a serious mood.
3. The poet uses repetition to develop the feeling that nature is constant.
4. The poet emphasizes the pleasures of nature through alliteration.

What is 'inward eye' a metaphor for?