Starter quiz
- Typically, light imagery such as the "sun" generally creates a __________ atmosphere.
- positive ✓
- neutral
- negative
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- We typically think of birds as symbolising ...
- freedom. ✓
- beauty.
- love.
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- 'A feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group' is the definition of ______.
- 'belonging' ✓
- 'Lack of knowledge or information' is the definition of ______.
- 'ignorance' ✓
- The Romantics believed that humans ...
- belong in nature. ✓
- belong in cities.
- should innovate.
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- The Romantics __________ the idea of childhood.
- reviled
- revered ✓
- resented
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Exit quiz
- In 'I Remember, I Remember', Hood presents the speaker's childhood in a __________ manner.
- negative
- neutral
- positive ✓
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- In Hood's 'I Remember, I Remember', the speaker presents their present, adult life in a __________ manner.
- positive
- negative ✓
- neutral
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- Which of the following quotations from Hood's 'I Remember, I Remember' shows Romantic ideals?
- "The tree is living yet!" ✓
- "childish ignorance"
- "I'm farther off from heav'n / Than when I was a boy"
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- 'A genre of literature that presents ordinary day-to-day experiences as they occur in reality' is the definition of ______.
- 'realism' ✓
- 'Expressing feelings of sadness' is the definition of ______.
- 'melancholic' ✓
- 'A feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past' is the definition of ______.
- 'nostalgia' ✓
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Key learning points
- Hood's poetry reflects some Romantic ideals - nature and the innocence of childhood.
- Hood's poetry also reflects the more realist ideas of Victorian poetry.
- Hood's adult life was plagued with illness, perhaps why he is so wistful for his childhood.
- Hood's poem is nostalgic, remembering his happy times as a child.
- There is also a mournful tone to Hood's poetry; he is melancholic that he will not feel that joy again.
Common misconception
That a poet can only be a part of one literary movement.
Often, we can see poets as referencing more than one literary movement and that can help us understand the poem.
Keywords
Belonging - a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group
Nostalgic - a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past
Melancholic - expressing feelings of sadness
Romanticism - an artistic movement from the late 18th and early 19th century, focused on emotions and nature
Realism - a genre of literature that presents ordinary day-to-day experiences as they occur in reality
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