themes. The romantics of the era were painters‚ philosophers and poets. But the fame of this era lies with the poets. Such as Wordsworth and Coleridge‚ the renowned poets of this era. Other popular poets were Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ William Blake‚ John Keats‚ Percy Bysshe Shelley Lord Byron. Romanticism‚ according to these poets mainly was all about unabashed emotions. Wordsworth in his preface to the lyrical ballads defined romantic poetry as “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” These poets
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In John Keats’s sonnet “On the Grasshopper and the Cricket”‚ he expresses his love and admiration for nature and illustrates this attitude by depicting the two “musicians” of different seasons in nature---- the grasshopper and the cricket. Keats writes about a summer and a winter scene in the two parts of the poem divided by the first eight lines and the last six lines. The grasshopper is nature’s “musician” in summer and the cricket is the one in winter. Nature’s “musicians” change as the seasons
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happiness and gave him the strength to go from day to day. And while reading this poem the first time through‚ without having researched John Keats or this poem‚ I was struck by the repetition of resolute diction. The continued use of words such as ‘still steadfast’‚ ‘forever’‚ and ‘still unchangeable’ made it obvious to me that the woman that had been on Keats’ mind during the composition of this poem was his one true love. After researching his life‚ I found that he had met the woman from the
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JOHN KEATS‚ A THINKER IN RELATION TO THE CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF HIS VERSE ‘ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE’. THE WAY I HAVE TAKEN THIS ANSWER: Ans. “Here are sweet peas‚ on tip-toe for a flight With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white‚ And taper finger catching at all things To bind them all with tiny rings;” Keats’s attitude towards nature developed as he grew up. In the early poems‚ it was a temper of merely sensuous delight‚ an unanalyzed pleasure in the beauty of nature. “He had away”‚ says
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“Watching‚ with eternal lids apart‚" Keats uses the literary device of personification to gives us a clearer image of what eternity might feel like. He imagines the star as a person‚ with eyelids‚ who is always watching. “Watching‚ with eternal lids apart‚" Keats uses the literary device of personification to gives us a clearer image of what eternity might feel like. He imagines the star as a person‚ with eyelids‚ who is always watching. In the opening lines‚ the poet establishes the image
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A Comparison of Nature in Romantic Poetry Wordsworth poetry derives its strength from the passion with which he views nature. Wordsworth has grown tired of the world mankind has created‚ and turns to nature for contentment. In his poems‚ Wordsworth associates freedom of emotions with natural things. Each aspect of nature holds a different meaning for Wordsworth. "The beauty of morning; silent‚ bare"‚ excerpt from "Composed on Westminster Bridge. A main source of interest for Wordsworth is the
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2008 AP® ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION FREE-RESPONSE QUESTIONS ENGLISH LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION SECTION II Total time—2 hours Question 1 In the two poems below‚ Keats and Longfellow reflect on similar concerns. Read the poems carefully. Then write an essay in which you compare and contrast the two poems‚ analyzing the poetic techniques each writer uses to explore his particular situation. When I Have Fears When I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has glean’d my
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wanderings of the adventurer‚ Odysseus‚ and has been called the greatest story ever told. During the English Renaissance‚ dramatic poets like John Milton‚ Christopher Marlowe‚ and of course Shakespeare gave us enough to fill textbooks‚ lecture halls‚ and universities. Poems from the romantic period include Goethe’s Faust (1808)‚ Coleridge’s "Kubla Khan" and John Keats’ "Ode on a Grecian Urn." Shall I go on? Because in order to do so‚ I would have to continue through 19th century Japanese poetry‚ early
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studied. (42 marks) Through the three texts ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’‚ ‘Lamia’ and ‘The lady of Shalott’ by John Keats and Alfred Tennyson respectively‚ we see the different representations of women; ranging from Keats’ hostile and misogynistic representation of women to Tennyson’s sympathetic yet somewhat limited representation of women. In ‘La Belle Dame sans Merci’‚ as indicated by the title‚ Keats instantly casts women as unremorseful and without compassion. As soon as the first three lines‚ we can
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thought. Using this attracts an audience and pulls them into the poets’ thoughts. During the Romantic Era‚ many poets were able to capture their audience through their use of imagination throughout their poems. This essay will cover three poets‚ (Blake‚ Keats and Shelley) and their own personal uses of imagination. Also‚ it will cover the comparisons in the use of imagination. Blake‚ a poet from the 1700-1800’s‚ used his imagination to draw his audience in‚ but leave them thinking afterwards. In the
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