Quiz # 1 (Wordsworth)      Name: _____________________      TA name_______________
1. The introduction makes a comparison of Wordsworth to Shakespeare, saying that they demonstrate something about a great poet. What is this that they demonstrate?

2. In “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey,” the speaker revisits a setting in nature. From lines 65 on, he characterizes his relationship with this region when he was much younger. What’s the primary relationship of the young speaker to nature?

3. In lines that follow (from line 83 on) he speaks of a loss, but one which is compensated for by some other quality or attitude. In your own words, describe what has been gained by the speaker.

4. To what commonplace activity does the title of the poem “Nutting” refer?

5. In the Preface to Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth describes his aim in writing as he does. How does he distinguish the kind of language he uses for his poetry from the language that many readers have come to expect from the poetry of his day?

6. Wordsworth offers a definition of a poet, listing a number of qualities, continuing: “To these qualities he has added a disposition to be affected more than other men by______”
(fill in the blank with the rest of the phrase).
7. What is the time of day that is summoned up in “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, Sept. 3, 1802,” and what effect does this time of day have on the cityscape and landscape?

8. What is it (what object, or phenomenon) that causes the action indicated in the title “My Heart Leaps Up”?

9. In “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood,” Wordsworth voices the romantic assumption that “Heaven lies about us in our infancy!” What sentiment does the line that follows express about human development?

10. Another famous line (from which a well-known film title was taken) notes: “Though nothing can bring back the hour/ Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower,” and follows with the statement that “We will grieve not.” Explain in your own words why the loss of splendor and glory is not cause for grief for the poem’s speaker?