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  1. In this lesson, we will be introduced to Charlotte Smith and the events in her life which influenced her writing. We will look at the form of a sonnet, before reading and annotating the rhyme scheme of Smith's 'To A Nightingale', in order to ascertain which form of sonnet it is.

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8 Questions

Q1.
What form of poetry is 'To Autumn' written in?
Ballad
Epic
Narrative
Correct answer: Ode
Q2.
When Keats imagines autumn as a human, what kind of figurative language is he using?
Chremamorphism
Metaphor
Pathetic Fallacy
Correct answer: Personification
Q3.
Imagery can only make you imagine a picture in your head, it cannot affect your other senses.
Correct answer: False
True
Q4.
Keats describes autumn as a "season of _________ and mellow fruitfulness."
Leaves
Correct answer: Mists
Rivers
Thunder
Q5.
What does Keats see as the power of nature?
Clouds
Correct answer: Its beauty
Its changeable nature
Its predictability
Q6.
In the poem, autumn conspires with the sun to decide whether or not to be...
Fair
Correct answer: Generous
Hidden
Warm
Q7.
In which stanza is autumn described as a hard working woman who tries to get the crops harvested?
The first stanza
Correct answer: The second stanza
The third stanza
Q8.
In the final stanza, what happens to autumns power as winter starts to arrive?
It becomes unmanageable
Correct answer: It diminishes
It increases
It stays the same

9 Questions

Q1.
In which year was Charlotte Smith born?
1746
1747
1748
Correct answer: 1749
Q2.
Charlotte Smith was a part of the second generation of Romantic writers.
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
How many children did Charlotte Smith have?
Correct answer: 12
2
4
6
Q4.
Smith's poems are often about feeling...
Carefree
Happy
Correct answer: Imprisoned
Nonplussed
Q5.
Women were equal to men during the time period that Smith was writing.
Correct answer: False
True
Q6.
How many lines are in a sonnet?
13
Correct answer: 14
6
8
Q7.
What is an 8 line section of poetry called?
Couplet
Correct answer: Octave
Quatrain
Septet
Q8.
How many lines are in a quatrain?
2
Correct answer: 4
6
8
Q9.
What type of sonnet is 'To A Nightingale' written in?
Modern
Correct answer: Petrarchan
Shakespearean
Spenserian

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UnitEnglish / Romantic poetry and paired texts: Romanticism and Nature

English