ENGLISH-A CLASS XI Full Marks – 100 1. Prose – 20 marks 2. Verse – 20 marks Textual Grammar – 16 marks 1. Essay writing [350-400 words] – 12 marks 2. Rhetoric – 12 marks 3. Project – 20 marks Prose and Poetry – (40 m/40P) Prose 1. One of these Days-Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2. The Sunder-bans Inheritance- Bittu Sehgal 3. Making Writing Simple- J.B. Priestley 4. Through the Tunnel- Dorris Lessing Poetry 1. Stolen Boat – William Wordsworth 2. You who never arrived – Rainer Maria Rilke 3. Snake- D H Lawrence
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On the grasshopper and the cricket On the grasshopper and the cricket is a poem written by John Keats which deals with the cycle of life and nature. It is a Patriarchal sonnet‚ as it is divided in an octave and a sestet. Generally these two parts oppose each other. This poem was written on December of 1816 and is based on Aesop’s fable The ant and the Grasshopper. The first octave refers to the grasshopper who jumps “from hedge to hedge”‚ having a delightful summer. The sestet refers to the cricket
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closed and rational systems.’ Keats was a romantic poet‚ full of intense passion and desire‚ yet shy and reserved. He was a young man with all the determination and melancholy of a teenager on a romantic quest to be among the English poets when he died. He is an inspiration to all of us‚ full of colourful language and imagination. He battled through tuberculosis and only lived to be 26. He wanted to be famous‚ and he has well and truly lived up to his dream. Keats longed to find beauty in what
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Romantic period analysis The beauty of nature and its ability to set you free‚ the powers of imagination‚ individuality and a rebellion to tyranny are some of the ideas the romantic period brought to society’s attention. While rejecting neoclassical views of order‚ reason‚ tradition‚ society and formal diction. Romanticism allowed people to get away from the constrained rational views of life and concentrate on an emotional and sentimental side of humanity. The definition of poetry by
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This sonnet is an attempt by Keats to link the natural life cycles of birth‚ life‚ death‚ and rebirth to the four seasons and from there to the nature of human existence. Taken literally‚ the poem is essentially a very eloquent description of the four seasons of spring‚ summer‚ autumn and winter‚ applied to the "mind of man" or the human demeanor. If interpreted in a more metaphorical sense‚ the poem takes on a distinctly different meaning. Keats opens the sonnet by establishing the fact that "There
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Cited: Deleuze‚ Gilles and Felix Guattari. A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia. Trans. Brian Massumi. Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P‚ 1987. Print. Keats‚ John. “Letter 32: To George and Thomas Keats.” The Letters of John Keats. Ed. Maurice Buxton Forman. London: Oxford UP‚ 1952. 69-72. Print. James‚ William. Writings 1878 – 1899: Psychology: Briefer Course‚ The Will to Believe‚ Talks to Teachers and to Students‚ Essays. New York:
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Samantha Monnett English 11 Literature of America April 27‚ 2012 The Life of a So Called Lesbian Amy Lowell was born in Brookline‚ Massachusetts on February 9‚ 1874. She was the daughter of Augustus Lowell and Katherine Bigelow Lawrence. Both her mother and father were from New England aristocrats. Aristocrats are wealthy and prominent members of society. Her father‚ Augustus‚ was a businessman‚ civic leader‚ and horticulturalist. Lowell’s mother‚ Katherine‚ was an accomplished musician
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English ENN101D Assignment 1 (Seasons Come to Pass) Question 1 Octave: a b a b c d c d Sestet e f e f g g In the first section on the poem John Keats is expressing how little time he has left and how he is afraid he wont get the massive amounts of ideas “letters of the alphabet” written down before he dies at his young age. In the second section he starts with the romantic element of the poem relating to his fiancé and expresses sadness that he wont experience the
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Year 12 English | |[pic] Poetry Resource Booklet THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE Preface The Spirit of the Age Within this anthology is a selection of poetry from a range of historical periods‚ geographical locations‚ cultural origins and artistic movements. The poets and poems that have been chosen provide readers with an insight into their worlds and experiences‚ and the ‘spirit of the age’ in which they lived. Poets speak as individuals about intensely personal
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John Keats (1795-1821) TO AUTUMN. 1. SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness‚ Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees‚ And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd‚ and plump the hazel shells With
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