Romantic Poetry Quiz 10 (20 MCQs)

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1. "Tossing their heads in sprightly dance" it is
2. The romantic poets of the First Generation are:
3. What is writing to inform?
4. What does Wordsworth personify when he writes 'danced in the breeze'?
5. Sonnets are usually associated with which theme?
6. What is the central device found in the poem Frost at Midnight, while the poem starts addressing his son who was fast asleep?
7. According to Wordsworth, the poet is a man of
8. What message is the poet trying to convey about the church?
9. 'Who's for the Game' was written by a female poet.
10. What is this an example of, 'Bang, crash! The window smashed in to little pieces.'?
11. In "A Valediction:Forbidding Mourning, " to what does the speaker compare him and his lover when they must be apart?
12. Which poem includes the inscription on a pedestal?
13. In stanza two, according to the speaker, what broke nature's social union?
14. Lyric poems were NOT popular during the Romantic era.
15. What is the main idea of the poem "The Chimney Sweeper" ?
16. In Wordsworth's poem I wandered lonely as a cloud what immediate effect does the sight of the daffodils have on the poetic voice?
17. Who wrote 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'?
18. The usual connotation of the colour green is .....
19. Why was Smith put into prison?
20. The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The tide rises, the tide falls, The twilight darkens, the curlew calls1; Along the sea-sands damp and brownThe traveler hastens2 toward the town, And the tide rises, the tide falls. Darkness settles on roofs and walls, But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;The little waves, with their soft, white hands, Efface3 the footprints in the sands.And the tide rises, the tide falls The morning breaks; the steeds4 in their stallsStamp and neigh5, as the hostler6 calls;The day returns, but nevermoreReturns the traveler to the shore, The traveler appears to be journeying