Starter quiz
- What emotion do words such as "wept" and "tears" create?
- positivity
- negativity ✓
- apathy
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- 'An artistic movement from the late 18th and early 19th century, focused on emotions and nature' is the definition of ...
- Romanticism ✓
- Post-modernism
- Post-colonialism
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- Romantic poets felt that nature should be ...
- appreciated and respected. ✓
- ignored in favour of industrialisation.
- considered less important than religion.
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- Being reclusive means ...
- seeking out the company of others.
- avoiding the company of others. ✓
- feeling jealous of others.
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- If someone grew up in the countryside and then returned to the countryside to live out the majority of their life then they are likely to ...
- favour urban spaces instead of rural spaces.
- favour rural spaces over urban spaces. ✓
- be equally fond of urban and rural spaces.
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- What does calling a smell a "fragrance" suggest?
- something unpleasant
- something pleasant ✓
- something forgettable
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Exit quiz
- "Mist" creates connotations of ...
- joy
- grief ✓
- jealousy
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- In Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill', the speaker describes her father's roof as ...
- comforting.
- sheltering. ✓
- leaking.
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- What is the weather doing in Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'?
- it is raining and there are overcast clouds in the sky
- it has just finished raining ✓
- it has just finished raining and the sun is coming out
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- 'A feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past' is the definition of ...
- 'nostalgic' ✓
- 'Devoid of cheer or comfort' is the definition of ...
- 'bleak' ✓
- 'Expressing feelings of sadness' is the definition of ...
- 'melancholic' ✓
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Key learning points
- Like other Romantic poets, Brontë uses natural imagery to present human emotions.
- Brontë lived a quiet and reclusive life in the Yorkshire countryside.
- Some may argue Brontë's poem is about the sense of security and belonging her nostalgic memories bring.
- Others may claim there is a melancholic tone to the poem.
Common misconception
That Romantic poems always present nature in a positive light.
Sometimes Romantic poets may show the devastation that humanity has caused nature or talk about nature in a grieving way.
Keywords
Nostalgia - a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past
Melancholic - expressing feelings of sadness
Reclusive - avoiding the company of other people; solitary
Romanticism - an artistic movement from the late 18th and early 19th century, focused on emotions and nature
Bleak - devoid of cheer or comfort
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