Poetic Devices and Terminology used within Romantic Poetry

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The following quiz includes questions relating the poets and poetry found within the Romantic era, as well as various poetic devices.
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Question 1

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When was the Romantic era?
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  • 1901-1911
  • 1431-1512
  • 1770-1850

Question 2

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Which of the following is an OLD generation Romantic Poet?
Answer
  • John Keats
  • William Blake
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley

Question 3

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What was one of the main recurring themes found within many poems during the Romantic era?
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  • Nature
  • Death
  • The sky
  • Politicians

Question 4

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When would a poet make use of Synecdoche?
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  • To emphasise a point
  • To represent a whole using a part
  • To compare one thing to another

Question 5

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What is a simile?
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  • Emphasis of certain words
  • Repetitions of certain sounds within a group of words
  • Comparing two things using the words 'like' or 'as'

Question 6

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What structure is unique to a Petrachan sonnet?
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  • Has 12 lines.
  • Has an Octave and a Sestet
  • Has 8 lines and a rhyming couplet

Question 7

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Which book of poetry was written first by William Blake?
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  • Songs of Innocence
  • Songs of Experience
  • Romeo and Juliet

Question 8

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What influenced New generation poets such as John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley?
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  • People
  • Earlier poets and politics
  • Essayists and earlier poets

Question 9

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New Generation Romantic poets lived long lives and died at old ages.
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  • True
  • False

Question 10

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Which poet wrote the poem "Tyger"?
Answer
  • William Blake
  • William Wordsworth
  • John Keats
  • None of the above
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