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English 12 – Romantic Poetry Unit
Ms. Arrowood
Name:
Period:
DUE: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
December 2014 – January 2015 – ROMANTIC POETRY – English 12 – Ms. Arrowood 8
Vocab Test
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NEOCLASSCISIM
ESSAY DUE
10 Early Release
Compare Neoclassicism
to budding Romanticism
HW: Read pages 752-767
& 796-797 – # bullet
points per section – see
packet
11 NEOCLASSCISIM
ESSAY DUE w/Late Pass
William Blake
Read “The Lamb” p.770
& “The Tyger” p. 774
Answer Questions on p.
777 #4, 5 & 7 in packet
HW: Read William Blake
p.768-769 & fill in packet
12
William Blake
Poetry Explication
Explanation
Explication paragraphs
on “The Tyger”
HW: write paragraph 6
15
William Wordsworth
Read p. 798-799 & fill in
packet.
Read “I Wandered
Lonely As a Cloud” p.
808
Answer Questions on p.
810 #1-3, 6 &8 and
“Peace” in packet
HW: Finish Questions
16
William Wordsworth
Explication paragraphs
on “I Wandered Lonely
As a Cloud”
HW: write paragraph 6
17
Lord Bryon, George
Gordon
Read p. 848-849 & 876 &
fill in packet.
Read “She Walks in
Beauty” p. 850
Answer ?s on p. 857 #4, 6
and “Breath” in packet
HW: finish questions
18
Lord Bryon, George
Gordon
Explication paragraphs
on “She Walks in Beauty”
HW: write paragraph 6 for
poem
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January 2
January 2015 – ROMANTIC POETRY – English 12 – Ms. Arrowood
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Percy Shelley
Read p. 860-861 & fill in
packet.
Read “Ozymandias” p.
862
Answer Questions on p.
872 #4, 5, 9 & 10
HW: finish questions
6
Percy Shelley
Explication paragraphs
on “Ozymandias”
HW: write paragraph 6
7
John Keats
Read p. 878-879 & fill in
packet
Read “When I Have
Fears That I May Cease
to Be” p. 880
Answer ?s on p. 890 #3, 9
& “Beauty” in packet
HW: finish questions
8 Final book talks
John Keats
WRITE FULL EXPLICATION
on “When I Have Fears
That I May Cease to Be”
HW: Finish writing full
explication
9 Final book talks
Full explication on “When
I Have Fears…” DUE
WRITE FULL EXPLICATION
on Wordworth Poem
12 Final book talks
WRITE FULL EXPLICATION
on Lord Byron Poem
13 Final book talks
PACKETS DUE
REVIEW ROMANTIC
POETRY UNIT – PAGES
902-907 in text.
HW: Review Semester
14 FINALS
Period 4 – FINAL EXAM
15 FINALS
Period 5 – FINAL EXAM
16 FINALS
Neoclassicism Romanticism
Great Chain of Being – Man at center of universe Universe is dynamic & changing
Emphasis Emphasis
Order/symmetry Calm/control/restraint Emotion/imagination Sympathy/passions/intuition
Civilization/civilized man Humans had limitations Nature/natural man Endless potential for social & spiritual
growth
Literature Literature
Essays – Illustrated human values & existing laws Expressive of intuitive experience & brings inner world
Imaginative expression
Philosophy Philosophy
Man is inherently prone to lose control (give into Natural man is good. The further away from civilization
Appetites & passions) so he must exercise self- man gets, the more innocent of evil he is. Imagination
control (reason) & keep imagination under control is the key. Nature holds truths & inspiration of life
(idea of the noble savage)
REASON OVER IMAGINATION IMAGINATION OVER REASON
Poetry Explications
An Explication is an essay designed to analyze poetic techniques. For the purposes of the Romantic
Poetry unit, there are six (6) sections in an Explication, and for each reading, you will be assigned one of
the following to write, present as a group, and turn in at the close of class. Note that you will only be
assigned one of the first five sections in class and everyone will write the sixth.
1 – Literal Meaning of Poem
What is the poem talking about? Who are the subjects? What action, if any, is taking
place? What is the speaker talking about? This is where you discuss the basics - the who,
what, where, and when. Don‟t worry about anything under the surface yet; that will come
later. Make sure that you begin with some type of introductory sentence, just as you would
in a normal essay.
2 – Speaker/Persona
Who is the speaker in the poem? Go beyond just saying the poet. From the situation
given, create a character profile for the persona the poet is taking when “speaking” the
poem. Is it someone old remember life, someone young experiencing love for the first time,
someone in a fight with someone else and wanting revenge?????
3 – Figurative Language – (metaphors, similes, alliteration, assonance, etc…)
Does the author compare one thing to something else? Is there any odd sort of word-picture
in the work? List any words or phrases that you think might not show up in normal, non-
poetic writing. Try to guess what the author was thinking when he or she put them in the
poem. For example:
In The Odyssey, Homer always talks about „rosy fingered dawn.‟ Dawn is
often reddish in color, and maybe he thinks that it‟s like a person with fingers
that pry open the horizon at the start of each day to let the sun in.
4 – Symbolism/Allusion
What symbols do you find in this poem? What do these symbols stand for? What should be
realized from them? Does the poet allude to any historical/mythological people or events?
What should be understood about these? For example:
In Macbeth, Macbeth says “Why should I play the Roman fool, and die / On
mine own sword” (V, viii, 1-2). This is an allusion to how disgraced and beaten
Roman generals would commit suicide instead of being taken prisoner by the
opposing force.
5 – Imagery (sight/visual, sound/auditory, smell/olfactory, taste/gustatory, touch/tactile,
movement/kinesthetic)
What types of imagery are used in the poem? What should be understood by the imagery?
How do our senses help us understand what the poet‟s meaning?
For example, “In Macbeth, the sleepwalking Lady Macbeth laments, “Here‟s
the smell of blood still. All the / perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little
hand” (V, i, 47-48). This can be both olfactory and gustatory imagery as many
have smelled blood and know the metallic, tongue cringing scent, so we
know how awful her situation is. Also, as gustatory imagery, all know what
sweetness tastes like and how pleasurable and at peace is makes one feel;
thus the audience understands what she wants/needs, but cannot have.
6 – Overall Meaning
It‟s finally time to put everything together. You know the literal meaning of the poem, you‟ve
thought about the speaker, the figurative language, symbolism, and imagery. What do you think
the poet is trying to tell you? What does he want you to think about? What does He want you
to decide? What elements of Romanticism is he focusing on? Write your theory and use a
concluding sentence to wrap your essay up nicely. (Make sure that his overall meaning
paragraph answer ONE of the first 3 questions and definitely answer the Romanticism one.)
Historical Background Notes
Pages 752-767 & 796-797
5 Bullets – Romanticism: Historical Context
5 Bullets – Cultural Influences
3 Bullets – Romantic Literature – “The Revolt Against Neoclassicism”
2 Bullets – Romantic Literature – “Romanticism Evolves”
2 Bullets – Romantic Literature – “The Late Romantics”
5 Bullets – The Legacy of Romanticism
5 Bullets – Romanticism (p796-797)
William Blake – Background & Vocabulary p. 768-769
Literary Terms
Symbol def:
Born/died (include how):
Occupations:
Social Status:
Focus of Romanticism:
Major works:
William Blake – “The Lamb” & “The Tyger” Questions p. 777
4.
5.
7.
William Wordsworth – Background & Vocabulary p. 798-799
Literary Terms
Romanticism def:
Born/died(include how):
Occupations:
Social Status:
Focus of Romanticism:
Major works:
William Wordsworth – “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” ?s p. 810
1.
2.
3.
6.
8.
“PEACE”
George Gordon, Lord Byron – Background & Vocabulary p.848-9
Literary Terms
Figurative Language def:
Metaphor def:
Simile def:
Apostrophe def:
Born/died:
Occupations:
Social Status:
Focus of Romanticism:
Major works:
George Gordon, Lord Byron – “She Walked in Beauty” ?s p.857
4.
6.
“BREATH”
Percy Bysshe Shelley – Background & Vocabulary p. 860-861
Born/died:
Occupations:
Social Status:
Focus of Romanticism:
Major works:
Elements/arguments from “Defense of Poetry” (p.876)
Percy Bysshe Shelley – “Ozymandias” Questions p.872
4.
5.
9.
10.
John Keats – Background & Vocabulary p. 878-879
Literary Terms
Imagery def:
Synesthesia def:
Born/died:
Occupations:
Social Status:
Focus of Romanticism:
Major works:
John Keats – “When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be”
?s p. 890
4.
6.
“BEAUTY”