Love’s Philosophy Flashcards
All 9 cards in this deck
Who wrote ‘Love’s Philosophy’, and when was it published?
Percy Bysshe Shelley; published in 1819.
Which literary movement did Shelley belong to?
Romanticism.
Who is the speaker of ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
A man trying to persuade a woman to kiss him.
What is the form of ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
Two eight-line stanzas with alternate rhyme (ABABCDCD).
How does each stanza of ‘Love’s Philosophy’ end?
With a rhetorical question to the woman.
In ‘Love’s Philosophy’, which things mingle in the first two lines?
The fountains with the river, and the rivers with the Ocean.
Complete the quotation from ‘Love’s Philosophy’: “Nothing in the world is single; / All things by a law divine / …”
“… In one spirit meet and mingle.”
Which device is “See the mountains kiss high Heaven” in ‘Love’s Philosophy’?
Personification of nature.
Complete the last lines of ‘Love’s Philosophy’: “What is all this sweet work worth / …”
“… If thou kiss not me?”