Birth/death Family Family relationships Education Where they grew up What they wanted to do Adult life: location, profession,

relationships

LORD BYRON WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Born: 1788, London Born to aristocratic parents,

lived with his mother in Scotland

Graduated from Cambridge

Became a member of the House of Lords

Left England for Switzerland due to persecution for defending oppressed peoples

Many romances Close friend: Shelly Fought in Italy and Greece Died: 1824, age 36

Born: 1770, Cumberland Parents died when he was

young, close to one sister Studied at Cambridge,

didn’t graduate Moved to France to part of

the Revolution Fell in love with a French

woman, had a daughter Married at least once Close friend: Coleridge Poetry published during his

lifetime and posthumously Died: 1850, age 80

Compare & contrast the rhyme scheme of ‘She walks in beauty’ and ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’

‘She walks in beauty’• ABABAB-CDCDCD-EFEFEF ; 3 stanzas of 6

lines ; iambic tetrameter

‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’• ABABCC-DEDEFF-GHGHII-JKJKLL; 4 stanzas of

6 lines; iambic tetrameter

Pg. 94

Does Lord Byron describe a woman that is merely beautiful on the outside? Is there a deeper beauty?

• She has ‘nameless grace’(8)• serene, sweet thoughts(11)• eloquence(14)• goodness(16)• mind at peace(17)• innocent heart(18)

What part of the woman does Byron describe? Why?

• Her face/head; he mentions her eyes, hair, face, cheeks and smile

4. The poem talks about light and dark. List the phrases where this happens

a. Line 1-’like the night’b. Line 2-’cloudless climes and starry skies’c. Line 3-’dark and bright’d. Line 5-’mellowed to that tender light’e. Line 7-’one shade the more, one ray the

less’f. Line 9-’raven tress’g. Line 10-’softly lightens’h. Line 15-’the tints that glow’

In your opinion, why do you think Lord Byron uses wording of light and dark?

Why does the poet compare the woman to "night" instead of to "day"?

Who is the woman he’s writing about?

How is a woman’s physical and inner beauty often described today?

Interest in the common man and childhood

Strong senses, emotions, and feelings Awe of nature Celebration of the individual Importance of imagination

Pg.79

Work in small groups to analyze one of the six poems using the worksheet on pg. 99

Your group should submit one copy of the worksheet next week. *make sure to write it on a separate sheet of paper

Symbol Imagery Mood Assonance Consonance

right-hive Margaret got a velvet

hat The poem made me

feel confident and brave

The wood crackled and popped with the heat of the fire

Dove=peace

Pg.87-88

Opposite of what is meant; a general term for the contrast between appearance and reality; a contrast between what appears to be true and what is true. 

-Verbal irony (p. 68)-e.g. someone says ‘nice day, isn’t it?’ during a rainstorm

-Situational irony (p. 113)-e.g. a king is sad after killing his enemy

A figure of speech/joke involving a ‘play on’ words (express two meanings at the same time)• The gorilla went ape when he saw the

bananas.

• On the side of the diaper delivery truck was written "Rock a Dry Baby."

Self-contradictory terms used together Examples:• plastic glasses• honest lawyer• jumbo shrimp• soft rock• clearly misunderstood• pretty ugly• Small crowd

The use of a word that suggests the sound it makes; creates clear sound images and helps a writer draw attention to certain words; examples include buzz, pop, hiss, moo, hum, murmur, crackle, crunch, and gurgle

“Not unattractive” (as a means of saying)

"He was not unfamiliar with the works of Dickens.“

"She is not so unkind.“

"You are not wrong."

“attractive” "He was well

acquainted with the works of Dickens.“

"She is kind.”

"You are correct."

Figure of speech that uses understatement for effect, often by using double negatives

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p.113

Homework:•Study for quiz: Age of

Enlightenment-19th century Romanticism•Pg. 102-105

•Finish group worksheet ‘Is it Romantic?

Vices & virtues Colonialism Impoverished Satire/satirist Textiles Exploitation suffrage Sordid Vacant Pensive Bliss Piety Despot dye

Literary/sound devices: Metaphor Simile Personification Alliteration Imagery Consonance Assonance onomatopoeia Irony Pun Litotes Oxymoron Symbol Apostrophe Mood tone