{"id":1447978,"date":"2026-03-30T10:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=1447978"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:50:12","slug":"quiz-is-this-an-ed-sheeran-lyric-or-a-line-of-poetry-from-the-romantic-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/quiz-is-this-an-ed-sheeran-lyric-or-a-line-of-poetry-from-the-romantic-era\/","title":{"rendered":"QUIZ: Is This an Ed Sheeran Lyric or a Line of Poetry from the Romantic Era?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maryshelleyromanticquiz.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1447995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maryshelleyromanticquiz.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/maryshelleyromanticquiz-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Romanticism often involved feeling as many emotions as possible in the middle of a thunderstorm and then writing poems about it. Famous Romantic poets include John Keats (best known for writing odes to nightingales and Grecian urns), Lord Byron (best known for being a disaster), Charlotte Smith (best known for reviving the English sonnet), and \u00c3\u0081lvares de Azevedo (best known for being the patron saint of Brazilian goths).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closest thing we have today might just be Ed Sheeran, and yes I&#8217;m completely serious. Do you know how many times I&#8217;ve cried or marveled at the awesome power of nature while listening to an Ed Sheeran pop ballad? Let&#8217;s see if you can his lyrics from a line of poetry from the 1800s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanticism often involved feeling as many emotions as possible in the middle of a thunderstorm and then writing poems about it. Famous Romantic poets include John Keats (best known for writing odes to nightingales and   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":485,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25016],"tags":[25232,25226,1653,25230,25231],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447978"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/485"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1447997,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447978\/revisions\/1447997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}