Romantic Temporality and Memory

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Which Romantic poet famously wrote, "Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought"?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. John Keats

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This line is from Shelley's poem "To a Skylark".

In "Ode to a Nightingale," what does Keats describe as "a beaker full of the warm South"?

  1. The moon

  2. A glass of wine

  3. A nightingale's song

  4. A summer breeze


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Keats uses this metaphor to describe the intoxicating beauty of the nightingale's song.

Which Romantic writer coined the term "the sublime"?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  3. John Keats

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Coleridge used the term "the sublime" to describe experiences of awe and wonder that transcend the ordinary.

In "Tintern Abbey," Wordsworth reflects on the relationship between memory and:

  1. Nature

  2. Time

  3. Love

  4. Death


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wordsworth explores how memories of nature can provide solace and comfort in times of difficulty.

Which Romantic poet wrote the poem "Ozymandias," which reflects on the transience of power?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. John Keats

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" describes the ruins of a once-powerful king, highlighting the futility of earthly power.

In "Ode on a Grecian Urn," Keats explores the relationship between art and:

  1. Beauty

  2. Truth

  3. Time

  4. Memory


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Keats argues that art can capture and preserve beauty, even in the face of time and change.

Which Romantic writer famously declared, "I wandered lonely as a cloud"?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. John Keats

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This line is from Wordsworth's poem "Daffodils".

In "The Prelude," Wordsworth reflects on the development of his:

  1. Imagination

  2. Memory

  3. Poetic voice

  4. Political views


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Wordsworth explores how his imagination has shaped his understanding of the world and his role as a poet.

Which Romantic poet wrote the poem "The Raven," which explores themes of loss and memory?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Edgar Allan Poe

  3. John Keats

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Poe's poem "The Raven" tells the story of a man who is haunted by the memory of his lost love, Lenore.

In "Kubla Khan," Coleridge describes a vision of a:

  1. Pleasure dome

  2. Haunted castle

  3. Ancient ruin

  4. Sacred grove


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan" describes a vision of a magnificent pleasure dome built by the Mongol emperor Kublai Khan.

Which Romantic writer famously wrote, "The world is too much with us; late and soon, / Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers"?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. John Keats

  4. William Blake


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This line is from Wordsworth's poem "The World Is Too Much with Us".

In "Adonais," Shelley laments the death of:

  1. John Keats

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. Lord Byron

  4. William Wordsworth


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Shelley's poem "Adonais" is an elegy for his friend and fellow poet John Keats, who died at the age of 25.

Which Romantic poet wrote the poem "Ode to Psyche," which explores themes of love and transformation?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. John Keats

  4. Lord Byron


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Keats' poem "Ode to Psyche" tells the story of the goddess Psyche and her love for Eros.

In "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," Byron explores the themes of:

  1. Love and loss

  2. Nature and the sublime

  3. Travel and exile

  4. Memory and nostalgia


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Byron's poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" follows the travels of a young man who is exiled from his homeland.

Which Romantic writer famously declared, "Beauty is truth, truth beauty; that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know"?

  1. William Wordsworth

  2. Percy Bysshe Shelley

  3. John Keats

  4. John Ruskin


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This line is from Keats' poem "Ode on a Grecian Urn".

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