Romantic Poetry: Nature and the Spirit
This article dives into the works of Romantic poets such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and John Keats, exploring their personal reactions to nature and enlightenment. Ralph Waldo
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Slide1Romantic Poetry
Slide2“Nature always wears the colorsof the spirit.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Slide3Enlightenment Direct Response Romantic Reaction
Slide4Natural Emotional Personal Reaction Results
Slide5William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge John Keats Romantic Poets
Slide6“The World Is Too Much with Us” “It Is a Beauteous Evening, Calm and Free” “My Heart Leaps Up” “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” Wordsworth
Slide7Octave: first eight lines Presents problem Sestet: last six lines Offers solution Italian Sonnets
Slide8An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable Iamb
Slide9 My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety. My Heart Leaps Up (783)
Slide10The arrangement of words in a line or sentence. Syntax
Slide11“Kubla Kahn” “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Slide12Identify examples of alliteration throughout the poem. What words does the poet use to describe the pleasure dome in the first stanza? What descriptions do you see in the second stanza? How do lines 45-47 indicate the power of the imagination? How does this poem relate to the Romantics focus on nature, emotion, and personal ideas? Think-Pair-Share
Slide13Beauty Truth Romantic Quests
Slide14“I am certain of nothing but the holinessof the heart’s affections and the truth of imagination—what the imagination seizes as beauty must be truth—whether it existed before or not.” – John Keats John Keats
Slide15Read (pg. 868) and answer (2, 3, 5, 7a) on pg. 870 What does the speaker ask the knight-at-arms in the first two stanzas? Summarize the story the knight tells in reply What do the knight’s words reveal about him? How do you interpret the knight’s dream in “La Belle Dame sans Merci”? How does “La Belle Dame sans Merci” exemplify the Romantic quest for beauty? La Belle Dame sans Merci
Slide16Read (pg. 869) and answer (4, 6, 7b) Summarize the speaker’s main fears in “When I have Fears…” What do these fears reveal about the speaker’s values and goals? What happens to the speaker’s fear’s in “When I have Fears….”? What tone is established in the concluding couplet? How does “When I Have Fears….” exemplify the Romantic quest for truth? When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be
Slide17An ode is a serious lyric poem with sincere tone and style Ode
Slide18Who is the speaker of the poem, and who is the audience? Why might an “unheard” melody be sweeter than a “heard melody” (11-12)? What images does the poet present in the second, third and fourth stanzas? Ode on a Grecian Urn