Themes (OCR A-Level English Literature): Quizzes
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What is 'primary imagination' in Coleridge's theory?
What is 'primary imagination' in Coleridge's theory?
Divine creative power within humans
In The Aeolian Harp, what does the 'pantheistic breeze' represent?
In The Aeolian Harp, what does the 'pantheistic breeze' represent?
Imaginative force connecting everything
What does 'we receive but what we give' mean in Dejection: An Ode?
What does 'we receive but what we give' mean in Dejection: An Ode?
Joy & imagination are needed to perceive
What technique does The Nightingale use to capture nature's authentic energy?
What technique does The Nightingale use to capture nature's authentic energy?
Sprung rhythm
Why were glosses added to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in 1817?
Why were glosses added to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in 1817?
To moralise supernatural events
What is 'sublimated ambition' in Frost at Midnight?
What is 'sublimated ambition' in Frost at Midnight?
Projecting desires onto his son
What is the 'One Life philosophy' in Coleridge's nature poetry?
What is the 'One Life philosophy' in Coleridge's nature poetry?
Divine unity healing human fragmentation
What does 'esemplastic power' mean?
What does 'esemplastic power' mean?
Shaping diverse elements into unity
What is 'patriotic organicism' in Fears in Solitude?
What is 'patriotic organicism' in Fears in Solitude?
Love of country rooted in landscape
Who or what is Life-in-Death in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
Who or what is Life-in-Death in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
A supernatural character the Mariner meets