Literature Romanticism

Literature
Poems from the Romantic Era
1798-1850

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Literature
Poems from the Romantic Era
1798-1850

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Literature this period
  •  We will work through the reader/poems/exercises together
  • There is a lot of information in the reader, I will not discuss everything, so you will have to read some on your own as well.
  • In class we will focus on discussing the poems
  • Questions?

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Romanticism
- Introduction to the Romantic Era
William Blake "The Lamb"
- William Blake "The Tyger"
Robert Burns "A red red rose"
-  Lord Byron "She Walks in Beauty"
William Wordsworth "I Wandered Lonely"
Walt Whitman "O Captain! My Captain!"

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Romantic Period
  •  Artistic, literary, intellectual movement.
  • Reaction to Enlightenment (Age of reason)
  • subjective 
  • Introspective intuition, emotion, spontanuity and imagination

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Historical Context

  •  French Revolution 1789: Human rights and Power to the People, Constitution.
  • Start of the Industrial Revolution

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Characteristics
Imagination
Emotions
Nature
Pastoral life
Symbolism
Individualism

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William Blake
 1757-1827
  • Poet, painter, engraver, and visionary
  •  Born in London in a moderatly wealthy family
  • No formal schooling, but at age 10 he went to drawing school and at age 14 he became an apprentice to an engraver
  • Started writing poetry in 1783
  • Songs of Innocenence (1789) and Songs of Experience (1794).
  • He was not very well known in his time and the responses to his work were mixed.

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Let's read the poem on page 32
William Blake - The Lamb

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1. What is the central question of this poem?

Slide 9 - Open question

2. What is the clothing of delight?
A
fleece
B
silk
C
wool
D
iron

Slide 10 - Quiz

3. What does: "Making all the vales rejoice" mean?
A
Bringing happiness to everything is the surrounding valleys
B
The valleys are sad
C
The sheep are glad

Slide 11 - Quiz

4. For He calls Himself a Lamb. Explain please.

Slide 12 - Open question

What elements of Romanticism are represented in this poem?
A
Imagination, nature, pastoral life and symbolism.
B
Nature, pastoral life, emotion
C
Individualism, nature, imagination
D
Individualism, pastoral life, emotion

Slide 13 - Quiz

Let's read the poem on page 33
William Blake - The Tyger

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1. What part of a tiger burns bright?
A
eyes
B
teeth
C
fur
D
tail

Slide 15 - Quiz

2. What does the tiger represent?
A
power
B
evil
C
guilt
D
mystery and fear

Slide 16 - Quiz

3. What is the central question of the poem?

Slide 17 - Open question

4. What do distant deeps and skies represent?

Slide 18 - Mind map

5. What profession is referred to in stanza 4?
A
butcher
B
hunter
C
blacksmith
D
god

Slide 19 - Quiz

6. Why does the poet use the word 'dare' in the last line?

Slide 20 - Open question