The Life and Times of Charlotte Smith
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- 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
Q2.
When Keats imagines autumn as a human, what kind of figurative language is he using?
Chremamorphism
Metaphor
Pathetic Fallacy
Q3.
Imagery can only make you imagine a picture in your head, it cannot affect your other senses.
True
Q4.
Keats describes autumn as a "season of _________ and mellow fruitfulness."
Leaves
Rivers
Thunder
Q5.
What does Keats see as the power of nature?
Clouds
Its changeable nature
Its predictability
Q6.
In the poem, autumn conspires with the sun to decide whether or not to be...
Fair
Hidden
Warm
Q7.
In which stanza is autumn described as a hard working woman who tries to get the crops harvested?
The first stanza
The third stanza
Q8.
In the final stanza, what happens to autumns power as winter starts to arrive?
It becomes unmanageable
It increases
It stays the same
9 Questions
Q1.
In which year was Charlotte Smith born?
1746
1747
1748
Q2.
Charlotte Smith was a part of the second generation of Romantic writers.
True
Q3.
How many children did Charlotte Smith have?
2
4
6
Q4.
Smith's poems are often about feeling...
Carefree
Happy
Nonplussed
Q5.
Women were equal to men during the time period that Smith was writing.
True
Q6.
How many lines are in a sonnet?
13
6
8
Q7.
What is an 8 line section of poetry called?
Couplet
Quatrain
Septet
Q8.
How many lines are in a quatrain?
2
6
8
Q9.
What type of sonnet is 'To A Nightingale' written in?
Modern
Shakespearean
Spenserian