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MA English Literature Romantic Poetry — practice questions

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Wordsworth defines poetry as the spontaneous overflow of:Read the answer and worked solution →The diction Wordsworth advocates is 'the very language of':Read the answer and worked solution →The Preface to Lyrical Ballads functions as a manifesto for which movement?Read the answer and worked solution →Among the canonical Romantic poets, the 'big six' standardly include all EXCEPT:Read the answer and worked solution →Wordsworth co-authored Lyrical Ballads with:Read the answer and worked solution →Which generation of Romantic poets does Keats belong to?Read the answer and worked solution →Coleridge co-wrote which 1798 collection with Wordsworth?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is a SECOND-generation Romantic poet?Read the answer and worked solution →Pop the canonical Romantic sixRead the answer and worked solution →

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Wordsworth defines poetry as the spontaneous overflow of:

  1. Rustic words
  2. Vivid images
  3. Powerful feelings
  4. Visionary insight
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Correct answer: C. Powerful feelings

1. The phrase is Wordsworth's most-quoted definition of poetry. 2. He distinguishes spontaneous emotional eruption from artificial composition. 3. The principle launched the Romantic theory of expression. _Source: Project Gutenberg #8905 — Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800) — "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"_

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The diction Wordsworth advocates is 'the very language of':

  1. Children
  2. Nature
  3. Men
  4. Shepherds
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Correct answer: C. Men

1. He explicitly rejects ornate 'poetic diction.' 2. 'The very language of men' is his programmatic standard. 3. This launched the Romantic project of plain speech in verse. _Source: Project Gutenberg #8905 — Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800) — "the very language of men"_

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The Preface to Lyrical Ballads functions as a manifesto for which movement?

  1. Restoration drama
  2. Augustan satire
  3. Pre-Raphaelitism
  4. English Romanticism
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Correct answer: D. English Romanticism

1. The Preface defines the principles of Romantic poetics. 2. It is the most influential English Romantic critical document. 3. It launches the movement with Coleridge as collaborator. _Source: Project Gutenberg #8905 — Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800) — "Wordsworth's Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800)"_

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