British Poets

Which is NOT characteristic of the Romantic period?

• a. a return to nature

• b. appreciation of the individual

• c. love of philosophy

• d. turning against industrialization

Which poet married Mary Shelley?

• a. Lord Byron
• b. John Keats
• c. William Wordsworth
• d. Percy Shelley

Romanticism placed an emphasis on "intuition," or feeling and instinct, over reason.

• True
• False

Who was the author of the paired poems “The Tyger” and “The Lamb?”

• William Wordsworth

• William Blake

• Lord Byron

• Percy Shelley

Who wrote “To a Skylark?l

• William Wordsworth

• William Blake

• Lord Byron

• Percy Shelley

What was Keats’ poem “Ode to a Grecian Urn” about?

• Freedom of expression

• Immortalization through art and the fleeting nature of human existence

• Love of art and its ability to transcend cultures

• The dangers of ancient life

Who wrote “Rime of the Ancient Mariner?”

• John Keats

• Lord Byron

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Mary Shelley

Which author wrote about his experience at Tintern Abbey?

• William Wordsworth

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge

• Lord Byron

• William Blake

Who wrote “She Walks in Beauty?”

• William Blake

• John Keats

• Percy Shelley

• Lord Byron

Who wrote Frankenstein?

• Percy Shelley

• Lord Byron

• Mary Shelley

• Jane Austen