Facts on Romantic Poets
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Came in to Contact with the French Revolution while touring Europe | Wordsworth |
| life, troubles, and speech of the "common man." These issues proved to be of the utmost importance to his work. | Wordsworth |
| Published the famous book of poems the "Lyrical Ballads" with Coleridge in 1798.l | Wordsworth |
| His most famous work was "The Prelude" (1850) | Wordsworth |
| His fame was among the aristocratic intellectual class, at a time when only cultivated people read and discussed literature. | Byron |
| He created the Byronic hero | Byron |
| The Byronic hero consisted of traits such as.... these traits pervade Byron's work. | passion, talent, and rebellion |
| Became captivated of Mary Godwin, and they ran away to Europe in 1814 | Shelley |
| In May, _____ and Mary Godwin Shelly went to Lake Geneva where they spent time with Byron. They discussed literature as well as the topic of ghostly stories. | Shelley |
| The novel _________ was written and produced when the couple of Percy Shelley and Mary Godwin Shelley went to Lake Geneva | Frankenstein |
| Remembered for his illuminated poetry for which he is remembered today. | Blake |
| Published his most popular collection "Songs of Innocence" in 1789 and followed it with "Songs of Experience" in 1794. | Blake |
| Fell in love with a woman named Franny Brawn | Keats |
| He contracted tuberculosis in 1819. His mother also died of tuberculosis. | Keats |
| Published his third and best volume of poetry "Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems" in July 1820. | Keats |
| The three title poems, dealing with mythical and legendary themes of ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL, AND RENAISSANCE TIMES. | Keats |
| The volume "Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems" also contained the unfinished "Hyperion" and the 3 poems considered among the finest in the English language: "Ode to a Grecian Urn", "Ode on Melancholy", and "Ode to a Nightingale." | Keats |
| Died at the age of 25 from tuberculosis | Keats |
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