WorksheetsRomantic Poetry
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Why is the knight in "La Belle Dame sans Merci" so pale and ill?
The woman he met has physically injured him with a sword.
The other kings and princes have taken the lady away from him.
He has been emotionally enslaved by the woman.
He has missed the harvest season and has no place to live.
What element in nature best thrills the speaker in "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"?
daffodils
clouds
waves
loneliness
Which is NOT a value of Romanticism?
reason
imagination
individualism
nature
In “The Lamb,” the central symbol is
a lamb representing the child speaker’s purity
a lamb representing a sacrifice
a lamb representing innocence
a lamb representing the evil nature of humanity
Which word best describes the structure and sound of "Lines Written in Early Spring"?
rigid
simple
unnatural
fantastic
In "Darkness," what is unique about the one specific dog mentioned?
The dog starts the fire that causes everything to burn.
The dog tries to protect, rather than eat, its master's corpse.
The dog survives the end of the world and lives on in darkness.
The dog is more cruel than any of the humans.
"Ode on Melancholy" BEST fits which of the following tenets of Romanticism?
Passionate Emotion
Nature as a Source of Spiritual Nourishment
Idealism of the world
An Innate Goodness and Innocence in Humanity
When the speaker of the poem refers to the Greek goddesses, Lethe and Psyche in "Ode on Melancholy," he is using the literary device of _____________.
apostrophe
metaphor
allusion
personification
Which tenet of Romanticism do these lines BEST represent?
For oft when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude,
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the Daffodils.
Imagination Over Reason
Nature as a Source for Spiritual Nourishment
An Innate Goodness and Innocence in Humanity
Passionate Emotion
Which tenet of Romanticism do these lines BEST represent?
For he calls himself a Lamb:
He is meek & he is mild,
He became a little child:
I a child & thou a lamb,
We are called by his name.
Little Lamb God bless thee.
Imagination Over Reason
Nature as a Source for Spiritual Nourishment
An Innate Goodness and Innocence in Humanity
Passionate Emotion
Which tenet of Romanticism do these lines BEST represent?
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight ’twould win me,
That with music loud and long,
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
Imagination Over Reason
Nature as a Source for Spiritual Nourishment
An Innate Goodness and Innocence in Humanity
Passionate Emotion
Coleridge mentions "Alph, the sacred river". This name is either made up or refers to the River Alpheus in Greece. What does this indicate about the poem?
The Alpheus river stretches from Greece to China
Coleridge is giving a fantastical description of Xanadu, not a realistic one
Cloeridge is bad at geography
It's a figurative description of Kubla having the water physically diverted
What device does Lord Byron use in "When We Two Parted" when he says "They name thee before me,
A knell to mine ear;"
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Allusion
In "Kubla Khan," the lines "And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;" are examples of imagery because
The emphasize the power of nature
they use the trees to represent an abstract concept
They appeal to the senses
they refer to characters from history
In "Ode to the West Wind," what does the speaker ask of the wind?
Carry his words to his true love
Become calm on the ocean so the daily lives of the fisherman can continue
Spare the world from the darkness of winter
Let his poem bring change and renewal to the human race, as the wind brings Springtime
