English Midterm | EN 2213 - English Lit Before 1800, Quizzes of English Language

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TERM 1 ballad DEFINITION 1 a song that tells a story typically in a dramatic and impersonal manner TERM 2 lyric DEFINITION 2 a short poem by a single speaker who expresses a state of mind, thought, feeling, or process of perception thought TERM 3 wordworth's definition DEFINITION 3 poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in tranquility TERM 4 sublime DEFINITION 4 any kind of beautiful form of nature that creates pleasure and terror for the one who experiences it TERM 5 sensibility DEFINITION 5 18th century term sensitivity or responsiveness to moral and aesthetic phenomenon including an accurate capacity to epathize with others TERM 6 periphrasis DEFINITION 6 speaking around the subject, an indirect way of saying something TERM 7 Wordsworth 3 key innovations lyrical ballads DEFINITION 7 most revolutionary works of poetry1. subject- situation from common life (294)2. purpose- (296)3. style- the language of every day men (297) TERM 8 law of primogeniture DEFINITION 8 if you have an estate, most of the estate and wealth goes to the oldest son, if there isn't a son, it goes to the closest male relative TERM 9 Songs of Innocence: Introduction DEFINITION 9 William BlakeSongs of Innocence: Introduction (118)"piping it up" poem lolSees little boy, sings him a song about a lamb, child is happy TERM 10 The Echoing Green DEFINITION 10 William BlakeThe Echoing Green 119The sun rises and every one is happy and merry, birds chirp etc. everyone laughs and plays, then the sun sets and the children get tired and the birds go the their nests TERM 21 Ode: Intimations of Immorality DEFINITION 21 William Wordsworth337when we are born we still have "heaven dust" which explains why as kids we see everything so magical. the more you're into this new world, the harder it is to remember and hold on to the innocence. we are essentially good, and then society messes you up- TERM 22 The Rime of Ancient Mariner DEFINITION 22 Samuel Taylor Coleridge443*the Mariner himself is an ancient figure, biblical illusions are used*albatross (big bird)=cross, it is hailed and respected by the sailors, betrayal by one but all implicated*judas= mariner*sailors= everyonethe trinity < pilot, pilot boy, hermit*blesses water snakes, he had to love other things more than himself TERM 23 Mont Blanc DEFINITION 23 P.B Shelley770*highest mountain in Europe, mount blanc*shelley is looking up at this mountain and feels awestruck*nature can create both pleasure and terror*shelley believes the powerful mont is like his brain, thought becomes *the outbirth of external thoughts TERM 24 To a Sky Lark DEFINITION 24 P.B Shelley834*praising the bird using similes*the sky lark flies so high you can't see it, but you can hear its song. Can be compared to religion*sky larks can't feel sorrow, humans can- we look for before and after, we want things we can't have*wishful that humans could have constant joy TERM 25 Mariana DEFINITION 25 Alfred Tennyson1159the poem begins with an abandoned farm house covered in moss. she waits and waits for her lover to come, but he doesn't. TERM 26 The Lady of Shallott DEFINITION 26 Alfred Tennyson1161poem starts with a river and road leading to camelot. the harvesters hear the lady of shallott singing at night. she weaves a magical, colorful web and a curse will befall her if she looks down on camelot, thats why she concentrates on weaving her web. she sees a knight with shiny armor in her mirror and she leaves her web weaving to go look at him. as soon as she leaves the curse falls upon her and she is doomed TERM 27 The Lotos Eaters DEFINITION 27 Alfred Tennyson1166a crew of sailors arrive to a new country, when they get there they find a lazy tropical place and notice weird people. they are carrying their favorite food (the lotos plant). some of the sailors try the lotos and become lazy and don't want to leave. they claim to miss their families but it would be too much work to get up and return, so they just stay there and eat lotos until they die TERM 28 Charge of the Light Brigade DEFINITION 28 Alfred Tennyson1235600 horsemen of the Light Brigade are ordered to charge forward into a valley, with guns on all sides. They do, and they meet heavy fire. When they encounter their Russian enemies, they attack them, kill some of them, and then retreat down the valley. The gunfire on the way back is just as bad, and many of these heroic soldiers die. TERM 29 The Buried Life DEFINITION 29 Matthew Arnold1375*the feeling of sharing one's thoughts/deep feelings to someone who doesn't understand or care*if we truly know ourselves, we would be mocked or misunderstood*Arnold believes we were made to conceal these feelings*even though we can't see our true selves or nature, we long for it and are constantly self yearning TERM 30 Dover Beach DEFINITION 30 Matthew Arnold1387A couple looks out on the moonlit water and listens to the waves.the waves makes the speaker think first of ancient Greece. Then he turns the sound of the surf into a metaphor for human history, and the gradual, steady loss of faith that his culture has experienced. The poem ends on a heartbreaking note, with the couple clinging to their love in a world of violence and fear and pain TERM 31 Ode on a Grecian Urn DEFINITION 31 John Keats- speaker looks at pictures on an urn that are frozen in time- he says the urn is a historian- wants to know the story on the urn and where they come from- a group of men pursuing women and wants to know the story behind itSecond stanza-speaker looks at a different pic of a young man playing his pipe with his lover underneath a tree- since we can't hear what he is playing is is "sweeter" bc it is unaffected by time TERM 32 Goblin Market DEFINITION 32 Christina Rossetti- Laura eats fruit from goblin market in trade of some of her hair and returns home to sister lizzie- Laura starts dying so lizzie goes to the goblin market and they try to make her eat some but she doesn't- Laura kisses the fruit juice off of lizzie and is healed- years later the sister tell this story to their children as a cautionary tale and the importance of sisterly love"Eat me, drink me, love me"- represents communionBiblical analysis TERM 33 No Thank you, John DEFINITION 33 Christina Rossetti- narrator tells john she has never loved him- tells him not to remain single for her- she would say no to fifty johns before saying yes to him-offers a friendship- "treaty": makes it seem as a business deal for her TERM 34 In an Art Studio DEFINITION 34 Christina Rossettithe speaker is telling us the difference between the model and the actual representation in the painting- the representation is idealized with different names,while the actual model is not the fantasy TERM 35 The Old Nurses story DEFINITION 35 Elizabeth Gaskell- a narrative told to a group of children about their mother when she was younger- she was an orphan (named miss rosamond) had a nanny (nurse)- they ended up living with old aunt miss furnivall in the manor house- Miss Furnivall and Miss Stark (child hood friend) spend most of their time in the west drawing room- Find an old picture of miss furnivall- The nurse hears an organ playing but it was broken- the nurse leaves one day and when she comes back she can't find