According to our class studies, there are seven major Tenets of Romanticism. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

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Individualism


Imagination over Reason


Stream of Consciousness


Writing for all people

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In Wordsworth poem: “Lines written in Early Spring”, the passion in the words of what mankind has done to itself reflects romantic ideals because it is a plea for making things right again. This is an example of what Tenet of Romanticism?

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Imagination over reason


Passionate emotion


Individualism


Nature as a source of spiritual nourishment

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"If this belief from heaven be sent,

If such be Nature's holy plan,

Have I not reason to lament

What man has made of man?"

In these lines from “Lines Written in Early Spring”, it is plain to see that throughout the poem the author is telling the reader that the nature is a powerful teacher and observing nature can be instructive, using personification and other figurative language.

This shows Romantic ideas of nature and that nature is living all around us and is an example of which Tenet of Romanticism?

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Nature as a source of spiritual nourishment


Writing for all people


Innate goodness and innocent in humanity


Idealism of the World

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Romantic poetry tends to show a strong appreciation for the power of nature on humans and focuses on the emotional impact of experiences. It also tends to fondly recall the ideas of the past, and appreciate the power of the human spirit.

"La Belle Dame Sans Merci" draws on the Romantic idea of...

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Imagination over Reason


Innate goodness and innocence of humanity


Writing for all people


Idealism of the World

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In “The Lamb,” the central symbol is...

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a lamb representing the child speaker’s purity


a lamb representing a sacrifice


a lamb representing innocence




a lamb representing the evil nature of humanity



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For Blake, the symbolic opposite of The Tyger is —

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The furnace


The flame


The lamb


Humantiy

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Read the following excerpts from the poems, then answer the question below.


from "The Tyger":


In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?
from "The Lamb"

Little Lamb who made thee?
Dost thou know who made thee?
Gave thee life & bid thee feed.
By the stream & o'er the mead...

What is the effect of the rhetorical questioning in each poem?

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All the questions are posed by the author to make the reader understand the poem better.


The rhetorical questions are all variations on the same question: who made you?


The questions serve to engage the reader and entertain them.


The questions have no significance except that the author was not sure how the animals were created.

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"The Lamb" was written in a collection knows as Songs of Innocence, while "The Tyger" was in a collection called Songs of Experience. Which of the following accurately describes the juxtaposition of these poems?

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The poet wrote each poem to explain the human condition. In each poem, the various stages of life are expressed through innocence and the loss of that once a child becomes an adult.


The poem is trying to express his questions in God’s actions and why he creates such evil when he creates goodness as well


The poet is trying to express his undying love to God and show his full support on God's actions both good and bad.


The poet expresses innocence and experience throughout the poems by the repeatedly questioning the creation of each animal.

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Read the passage from "the Tyger" below, then answer the question.

from "the Tyger"
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?
By referencing the Lamb in this way, the poet is making what observation?

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The two animals are different and should not be compared to one another.


The poem is asking can one creator be responsible for both animals, although very different and opposite of each other.


The poet is observing that only an innocent creator could have made both these animals.


The poet is alluding to the Lamb being prey while the Tyger would naturally be the predator.