“The World Is Too Much” with Us was written by



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Romantic Poems Study Guide

1. “The World Is Too Much with Us”(740) was written by _______________________.

2. The first line “the world is too much with us” means __________________________________________________________.

3. What activities in line 2 does the poet think we spend too much time doing?

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4. How does the poet describe the sea and winds? _________________________________

5. Why does he describe them like this? __________________________________________________

6. What line shows this?

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7. The poet says he’d rather be a Pagan and refers to the gods Proteus and Triton. Why?

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8. Describe your favorite scene in nature. __________________________________________________________________

1. “Kubla Khan” (759-760) was written by ________________________________.

2. What does the poet tell us he was doing when he got the idea for the poem?

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3. What happened when the poet woke up?

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4. Describe the setting of the poem in the first stanza.

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5. In stanza two, the poet uses the image of a “woman wailing for her demon lover.” How does this image affect the mood of the poem?

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6. What happens to the sacred river in stanza two?

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7. What concept could the imagery of the river symbolize?

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8. In the third stanza, the poet has lost the connection with his original creative idea. What image does he use to show this idea?

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9. At the end of the poem, he writes, “His flashing eyes, his floating hair! ….For he on honeydew hath fed….” Who might this character represent? ___________________________________

1. “She Walks in Beauty” (802) was written by _______________________________.

2. What occasion inspired the poet to write the poem? ______________________________

3. What kind of imagery does the poet use throughout the poem? ____________________________

4. What does the poet notice first about her? _________________________________

5. What color was the woman’s hair? ________________________________

6. When looking at her beautiful features, what qualities does the poet imagine the woman has? _____________________________________________

1. “Ode on a Grecian Urn” (831-832) was written by ______________________________.

2. From what object does the poet gain his inspiration? ____________________

3. What sort of people or things does the poet see? ____________________________________________________

4. He writes “Heard melodies are sweet, but those ___________ are sweeter.”

5. What does he mean by this? ________________________________________

6. Why does the poet envy the young lovers? _____________________________________

7. What effect does the urn have on the poet? __________________________________________

8. What line shows this? ____________________________________________

9. The poet concludes with the lines “Beauty is _______________, ____________ beauty – that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.”

10. What does this line tell us that the poet values? __________________________

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