Monday, 25 January 2021

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Monday, 25 January 2021

1) The Romantics: La Belle Dame Sans Merci & To Autumn

2) Biden's inauguration

Ode to Autumn. What is an ODE?

What is the order of the poem? 

fruitfulness

harvest

dusk & empty fields

What is different about Autumn in the Ode compared to La Belle Dame

Tuesday, 26 January

Finish yesterday's lesson on Keats': To Autumn

1) Keats: To Autumn

2) Lord Byron: She Walks in Beauty

What is an ALLITERATION?

Alliterations in "To Autumn"

Which aspect of autumn is distinctly emphasised in the 1st stanza? + Give examples

Who is HIM in line 3?

Keats consciously uses a number of old-fashioned words in the poem. Why + give examples

Reflection 

Now, you know how to analyse two of Keats' poems

Homework for today: read p. 12-13

Who was Lord Byron?

Byron: 

-eccentric!

-flamboyant!

-controversial!

She walks in beauty: outward beauty reflected inner beauty

Let's read the poem now!

Reflection

Now, you know can analyse Lord Byron's She Walks in Beauty. You also know who Lord Byron was.

Next lesson: read p. 16 (Robert Southey)