Key Poems & Quotations (OCR A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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Form of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'
Form of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'
Ballad metre with marginal glosses (1817 version)
Famous water quote from 'Ancient Mariner'
Famous water quote from 'Ancient Mariner'
Water, water, everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink
Nature of the mariner's redemption
Nature of the mariner's redemption
Incomplete - must endlessly retell story as ongoing penance
How 'Kubla Khan' was composed (Coleridge's claim)
How 'Kubla Khan' was composed (Coleridge's claim)
Came to him in an opium-induced dream
Central theme contrast in 'Kubla Khan'
Central theme contrast in 'Kubla Khan'
Imagination versus imperial power
Genre pioneered by 'The Aeolian Harp'
Genre pioneered by 'The Aeolian Harp'
Conversation poem
'One intellectual breeze' represents what philosophy?
'One intellectual breeze' represents what philosophy?
One Life - divine spirit flows through all existence
Verse form of 'Frost at Midnight'
Verse form of 'Frost at Midnight'
Blank verse (unrhymed iambic pentameter)
Theme of 'This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison'
Theme of 'This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison'
Imagination overcomes physical limitations
Genre and status of 'Christabel'
Genre and status of 'Christabel'
Gothic supernatural narrative, unfinished/fragmentary