Exam 1 (Part 1)

During the Industrial Revolution, women became known as what? (Romanticism)

"National Stability" --worked in homes and factories --link between domestic home and stable nation

Subject Matter (Neoclassical)

* Talks about social and public life * Important people and events * Talks about decorum, which means proper behavior * Often witty and satirical

Example of a Neoclassical Poem

* The Rape of the Lock" (1712) by Alexander Pope --This poem is witty and satirical because the women (who is an aristocrat) makes a huge deal about a minor offense (the Lord cutting a piece of her hair off)

Tightly Crafted Form (Neoclassical)

*Has an even number of syllables *Has a steady rhyme

Language and Ideas of the Elite (Neoclassical)

*It uses poetic word choice, poetic diction, ornate language (used references to mythology and to the aristocracy[two things that only the educated and the aristocrats have access to])

What did Wordsworth emphasize with the "Poet and World"?

*Poet = a prophet (had a special sensibility) *A more philosophical poetry *Shows the poem through the poet's perspective *Shows how the mind is working

Describe Williams Wordsworth's background.

-From the Lake District -Inspired by the French and American Revolution -Supporter of abolitionist -Felt an inspiration with nature

Spontaneity and Impulses of Feelings rules: (Romanticism)

-Heart > Head -Passion > Reason -Free from rules of poetic form or civilized discourse

What were Wordsworth's four goals of poetry?

1. Choosing New Subject Matter 2. Choosing Different Diction and Syntax 3. Appealing to Reader's Mind 4. Making it interesting

Neoclassicism (c. 1660-1798)

1. Coincides with the Age of Enlightenment 2. Describes the arts in the period before the Romantic Era 3. Evokes classical principles

Supernatural, Romance, and Psychological Extremes (Romanticism)

1. Dark side of fantasy/idealism: folklore, superstition, hunting) --Similar to the Gothic 2. Adventures in Faraway places: the term "romance" - strange adventures, faraway places, quests 3. Psychological extremes: spooky literature of the psychological extreme

What are the four aspects of Neoclassical Literature?

1. Language and Ideas of the Elite 2. Subject Matter 3. Tightly Crafted Form 4. Heroic Couplet

What are the four classical principles evoked during the Neoclassicism time period?

1. Order 2. Symmetry 3. Balance of Proportion 3. Calm

What are the five aspects of Romantic Poetry?

1. Ordinary Language 2. Expressive Feelings 3. Common Man and Life 4. Freer Kind of Poetic Expression (Spontaneity) 5. Blank Verse

Two Characteristic of a Double-Image of Poet: (Romanticism)

1. Poet as Visionary: the poet was seen as a prophet or a figure of unification 2. Poet as Out of Touch: fear of being seen as out of touch or poor

Why did they choose "nature" poetry? (Romanticism)

1. Response to urbanization --expressive landscapes 2. Interaction between landscapes and individual** --"What does the nature do for stimulation or feeling?"

Individual and Alienation Traits (3) (Romanticism)

1. Self-sufficiency: the individual has the ability to support itself --Human mind creates their own experience and the universe it perceives 2. Defiance: checking out of an established society --Ceaseless striving for the unattainable --Defiance against limits 3. Freedom: nature is idealized as a sense of freedom

What were the three effects of the beauteous forms that Wordsworth described? Describe them.

1. Tranquil Restoration: makes him feel good 2. Moral: makes him act goof 3. Sublime: makes him feel thing philosophically

What are the four concepts of a poem? (Romanticism)

1.Individual perception - talk about senses, how we perceive --EX: thinking about how one person views the world 2. Consciousness as a filter 3. Source of a poem: Psychology --Self-originating, self-organizing --Essential materials: inner feelings, not external people and events 4. The Lyric: written in first person --Speaker = Poet --The poem is used as a self reference to the poet's life

In Wordsworth's "Lines...Tintern Abbey, " when the author starts a new subject or breaks a line, what does it represent?

A new thought

In his "Preface," why does Wordsworth give a theory or rationale for his poetry?

Because his poetry would not be recognizable to audiences expecting the conventions of Neoclassical poetry

How did Wordsworth make his poetry interesting?

By tracing through the primary laws of nature

What kind of diction did Wordsworth used?

Choosing ordinary words (does not elaborate)

What kind of syntax Wordsworth used?

Chose a syntax that the common people spoke

What kind of subject matter did Wordsworth used?

Common incidents and situations that would happen in real life

What did the French Revolution bring? (Romanticism)

Equality Liberty Fraternity

In the poem "Lines Composed .... Above Tintern Abbey," how long has it been since the speaker last saw the area around the Abbey?

Five years

In The Greater Romantic Lyric, what is the general movement in the poem?

From the World ---> Memory --> the World with a new perspective

Laissez-faire policy (Romanticism)

Hands off. No government intervention in business. Free market/free trade

How did Wordsworth appeal to the reader's mind?

He presented the subject matter in the language of a common man, BUT had it thrown over with a certain coloring of imagination

In Wordsworth's "Lines...Tintern Abbey, " whom is the speaker addressing?

His sister

In Wordsworth's "Lines...Tintern Abbey, " what does author use a lot of in the poem?

Imagery (vision, hearing, and more)

In Wordsworth's "Lines...Tintern Abbey, " where was the speaker living when he used the memory of nature to comfort him?

In the city

What is a preface?

Introduces the book and gives content for it

The French Revolution (Romanticism)

July 1789; inspired french poets

New poetry introduced what? (Romanticism)

Literature is ACTION and Double Image of the Poet

What is Wordsworth effect on poetry?

Makes the familiar strange (starts ordinary and then leads into big/philosophical idea)

What does recollected mean in poetry?

Memory

San Marco Square (1723) by Canaletto

Neoclassical Art: -Is remembering a town's main square in Italy o Has a sense of calm and order o Equal balance with the horizon above and below o Doesn't have huge contrast of light or color --- It is all pretty even

In "We are Seven", does the author make a judgment about who is telling the truth?

No, he lets the audience to decide and lays out the information

Romanticism refers to an ideal:

Revolution Creative imagination Individual vision Possibility for regeneration

The Shipwreck of the Minotaur (1810) by J.M. Turner

Romantic Art: · Presents asymmetry · Has a diagonal line, your eyes are drawn up · Movement is present · Big contrast between the darkness and light and contrast in colors o All resist any sort of calmness, symmetry, and order o It's about emotion and movement

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1835) by J.M. Turner

Romantic Art: · The bridge is moving in a diagonal line, rather than horizontal · Can see a contrast between light and dark o Eyes are drawn to the lighter part

What is syntax?

Sentence structure or word order

Class Change during the Romanticism Period

Shift from "Commons" ---> private property ---> "Enclosure" (sealed off with a barrier)

In Wordsworth's "Lines...Tintern Abbey, " in what season is the speaker speaking?

Summer (July)

(T/F) A lot of what we think about poetry and poets come from the Romanticism Period.

TRUE

(T/F) Our idea of adventure and landscape comes from the Romantic Period

TRUE

According to the Introduction to the Romantic Age, which major event influenced the early Romantic poets?

The French Revolution

How did Wordsworth explored the operation of the mind?

The mind takes in the data, changes how the person feels, and then the mind filters that data back into a poem(reaction)

In the poem "We are Seven," what has happened to two of the girl's siblings?

They died

During the Industrial Revolution, what happened to the upper and lower class? (Romanticism)

Upper class = Prospered Lower class = Struggled

Who wrote We are Seven?

William Wordsworth

Preface to Lyrical Ballads

William Wordsworth, 1802

How did Wordsworth describe poetry?

Wordsworth described poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings

Heroic Couplets (Neoclassical)

a pair of rhyming iambic pentameters -1st syllable = unstressed -2nd syllable = stressed

According to the video, which of these is NOT a trait of a Neoclassical form in painting? a. Balance b. Order c. Movement d. Symmetry

c. Movement

According to the video, which of these best characterizes one of the Neoclassical poet's approach to his subject matter? a. Disbelief b. Anger c. Satire d. Indifference

c. Satire

Revolution (Romanticism)

carries ideas of what could be better

All of these are celebrated by the Romantic poets EXCEPT: a. Ordinary life b. First-person lyric poems c. Spontaneity d. City life

d. City life

Empire (Romanticism)

expanded and new goods were available

What does the primary law of nature mean?

ideas in a state of excitement or feeling

Creative Imagination (Romanticism)

shift away from a focus on rationality

Industrial Revolution (Romanticism)

shift in manufacturing and machinery -- factories, new labor population

In the poem "We are Seven," what do the little girl and the adult speaker of the poem disagree about?

the number of siblings she has

What is diction?

word choice

Glorification of the Ordinary (Romanticism)

•Ordinary incidents and situations •Ordinary language •From humble and rustic life --•With a coloring of imagination ~ to refresh a sense of wonder at the everyday and trivial

Spontaneity and Impulses of Feelings (Romanticism)

•PART OF EMPHASIS ON INDIVIDUAL CONSCIOUSNESS WAS TO HAVE POETRY WRITTEN THAT CAPTURES THE MOMENT •Composition of poetry arises from impulse - this was the first time poetry was like this!