Victorian Era

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Lesson Goals

1.  You name important historic developments from the Victorian Age
2. You can analyse romantic poetry
3. You can name poetic devices in a poem

What do you remember
about the Victorian period?

What is meant by "Victorian optimism"?

What is Dickens's Story Oliver Twist about?

Metonymy

Figure of speech in which the name of an object is replaced by something closely related to it.

Examples:

1. The White House declared that Corona virus was made by the Chinese. ( Witte huis = de president)

2. After leading a rebellion, he seized the throne. (Niet letterlijk de troon zelf, maar de koninglijke macht)

Metonymy or metaphor

Metaphor = object, situation, idea is described by something that it isn't. 

Metaphor: It's raining cats and dogs.

Metononymy = Use a different but related word as a substitute for another.

Metononymy: The suits are going to come after us if we don't pay our bills 

He's a walking encyclopedia.

1. Metonymy
2. Metaphor

Silicon Valley is constantly pushing the limits of technology

1. Metonymy
2. Metaphor

We swear loyalty to the crown

1. Metonymy
2. Metaphor

Task: group poetry analysis

Work in the same groups. One student writes everything in a word file. Answer and write down:

- Questions on p.9 about the poem on p.7

- Questions on p.13 about ''London'' on p.11

- Write down 5 poetic devices from the poems.

-Done early: bespreek met elkaar je 2de leesboek. Zou je het aan elkaar aanraden?

Write down an example of a poetic device from the poems

Which question from which poem was challenging - and why?

Enjoy your holiday! Read book 2!