Romanticism Review

Which of the following is a common theme in Early Romantic literature?

• It valued reason over religion.

• It looked to the Bible as a source of knowledge.

• Nature was their source of knowledge and inspiration.

• It does not provide a form of escapism.

In "Thanatopsis," what does the "narrow house" refer to in the lines "the last bitter hour comes like a blight / [...] And breathless darkness and the narrow house / Make thee to shudder"

• tree trunks

• a coffin

• the earth

• a mansion

"Thanatopsis" states that people will "not retire alone" to our resting place. We will lie down with kings, the wise, the good. This supports the theme that . . .

• death should be feared

• nature is a priority in everyone's life

• death is inevitable for everyone.

• death is not one's destiny

In "The Planting of the Apple-Tree," what is being personified in the lines, "When, from the orchard row, he pours / its fragrance through open doors"?

• the orchard

• the doors

• the sun

• the wind

In "To a Waterfowl," what does the ‘dark night’ symbolize in the line "the dark night is near"?

• life

• sadness

• death

• batman

What is a major theme in the poem "To a Waterfowl"?

• Birds are magical creatures.

• One should always be around people.

• Death should be feared.

• Loneliness is not always bad.

In the poem "The Last Leaf," what poetic device is NOT used in the lines "The mossy marbles rest/on the lips that he had prest"?

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

• rhyme

What does "the last leaf" symbolize?

• the changing of the seasons

• the last surviving person

• it's wrong to laugh at others

• the young should respect the old

In "The Last Leaf," what poetic device is used in the lines "the pruning-knife of Time/Cut him down"?

• metaphor

• simile

• personification

• alliteration

Identify the rhyme scheme in the following lines:

The tide rises, the tide falls,

The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;

Along the sea-sands damp and brown

The traveller hastens toward the town,

And the tide rises, the tide falls

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