Romanticism and Poetry

The Industrial Revolution was ...

• a war fought between Britain and U.S.
• When people worked more on farms than factories 
• time of inventing and industry 
• started in the U.S. and moved into Britain 

How did people's lives change because of the Industrial Revolution? 

• People bought more handmade goods than before 
• people worked mostly on farms 
• people bought factory made items and worked outside the home
• people made a lot of money making homemade items 

Enlightened thinkers based their philosophical beliefs on what two things?

• power and privilege
• money and fame
• good looks and charm
• reason and logic

True or False: Romanticism emphasized imagination over "reason".

• True

• False

Romantic artists loved

• nature

• reason

• education

• death

Which of the following is NOT a value of the Romantic Period?

• imagination
• innocence
• reason
• intuition

What did the Romantics value more?

• City Life

• Life in Nature

Causes that sparked the American Romantic Era

• Enlightenment

• Industrial Revolution

• Growth of population in cities

• All of these are causes

All of the following are characteristic of American Romanticism EXCEPT:

• places faith in inner experience

• focuses only on reason and logic

• encourages individual freedom

• contemplates nature's beauty as a path to development

In, "She Walks in Beauty", what does "which waves in every raven tress, / Or softly lightens o'er her face" mean?

• The "raven tress" refers to her dark Dress and eyes, and "softly lightens o'er her face" suggests a woman of fair complexion. This continues the contrast between light and dark that Byron has established throughout the poem.

• The "raven tress" refers to her dark hair, and "softly lightens o'er her face" suggests a woman of fair complexion. This continues the contrast between light and dark that Byron has established throughout the poem.