Victorian Poetry Quiz

years of era

1830-1880

who was the queen during the time?

Queen Victoria

how old was Queen Victoria when she took the throne?

18 years old

how long did Victoria rule?

63 years

4 impacts of the Industrial revolution

1. mechanized textile industry expanded rapidly

2. rapidly expanding population

3. population moved to the cities

4. improved medical techniques

Malthus' idea to control population growth

starvation and self-control

life for workers during the era

-worked 16 hr days, 6 days a week

-factories had no safety regulations

-they lived in slums with bad water, no sanitation, & little food

workers were referred to as...

"hands" (this is a synecdoche)

legislation enacted in 1833

-final abolition of slavery throughout the British empire

-first legislation regulating child labor

results of the 2nd reform bill?

most working men gained a vote

what was happening in the USA at the time?

-Civil war

-Gold rush

-first cultural flowering

-great novels & essays were written (Emerson & Hawthorne)

literary genre of the era

novels (especially contemporary ones addressing social change)

victoria's rule became a symbol of...

stability & propriety

she was the longest ruling monarch in english history until...

Elizabeth II

era marks the climax of...

England's rise to economic & military supremacy

19th century england became the first....

modern, industrialized nation

Alfred Tennyson was also referred to as

Lord Tennyson

Tennyson's childhood

-lived in solitude & depression

-was always worried about getting the epilepsy his father had

-his father was a violent, mad alcoholic

who was Arthur Henry Hallam?

-son of a wealthy historian

-Tennyson's closest friend

-Hallam urged Tennyson to publish his works

what happened to Hallam?

-married Tennyson's sister

-he died from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain

how did Tennyson react to Hallam's death

-he rejected the depression & madness of his family background

-turned toward achievement through his art

-devoted his work to his friend

what poem was about Hallam?

The Passing of Arthur

title that Tennyson had for almost 50 yrs

laureate

why did Tennyson's life become difficult?

-lived on slender grants of money from his family

-he moved restlessly from one lodging to another, trying to write

who wrote the poem Ulysses?

Tennyson

Ulysses is also known as

Odysseus

who wrote Porphyria's Lover?

Robert Browning

how is Browning's childhood different from other poets?

-his parents completely supported

-very happy + educated at home

Browning's life

-at age 12, he sent a collection of poems to a magazine (they were rejected)

-he wrote as he wished but got criticized

-he changed his youthful, subjective work to objective, dramatic poetry

-Browning's father paid for his son's poems to be published

-more famous poet, Elizabeth Barrett, praised his poetry & they later got married

-his wife died & returned to London & his writing (complete break from his happy past)

why was Browning's poetry so difficult to read?

-rugged, irregular music of poetry that sounded like a speaking voice

-made allusions to obscure facts

-wrote what he wished

Who wrote My Last Duchess?

Robert Browning

My Last Duchess Rhyme Scheme

AA BB CC, etc.

also known as couplets

in this poem they are heroic couplets

heroic couplets

couplets written in iambic pentameter

elegy

lament for the dead

dramatic monologue

speaker is addressing someone & the person's response is not recorded

pathetic fallacy

when nature reflects what is happening or the emotions/ mood

which poem has a pathetic fallacy?

Porphyria's Lvoer

what is Porphyria known as?

fallen woman

fallen woman

a woman who has lost her innocence & purity

usually very scandalous

what does Browning mention in the end of the My Last Duchess?

Neptune

what does the bronze statue of Neptune taming a seahorse portray a picture of?

shows his power & need for control

who was married to Robert Browning?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning's view on education

-the studies for young ladies of her era did not interest her

-she insisted on learning greek, latin, french, italian, german & spanish from tutors

-she also studied history & philosophy on her own

-wrote a lot of poetry

Elizabeth's health

-started declining at age 15

-started taking opium to help relieve her "nervous disorder" but became addicted

-had a serious breakdown

-her marriage & move to Florence liberated her sickness for a while

Browning's marriage

-Elizabeth's father was violently opposed to it

-even after they had a kid, he would not see them

Examples of England's undisputed economic power

-many countries traded primarily with England

-many countries used England's currency- pound sterling

Why was England not stable?

war with France permitted a small group of wealthy, land-owning aristocrats who controlled the govt to halt political reform

inventions during the Industrial revolution

-steam engine

-machines for spinning & weaving

OVERVIEW OF POEMS + POETS

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ApFNVEUI0dyVQ835hXT6P0yNBmSDOg4s6YEaYhIqvYI/edit?usp=sharing