(An analysis of 3 Messages from Rime of the Ancient Mariner) Samuel Colerige was the final poet of the Old Generation poets studied. He was known to be good friends with the famous William Wordsworth‚ and together they wrote the book known as Lyrical Ballads. A book in which was the most famous collection of poetry in that era. One of Colerige’s most famous poems is the poem called Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ a poem about a crazy man telling an insane story. The content of the story makes sense due
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Love‚ lust‚ murder‚ thievery‚ incest‚ death‚ and betrayal are just some of the intriguing‚ beautiful‚ and sometimes disturbing topics of a traditional ballad. A traditional what? A ballad is " a song that tells a story‚ or- to take the other point of view a story told in song. More formally a short poem‚ adapted for singing‚ simple in plot and metrical s structure‚ divided into stanzas‚ and characterized by complete impersonality so far as the
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[Indianapolis: Houghton‚ Mifflin‚ Harcourt‚ 2010]) (Lines 5-6) A host‚ of golden daffodils; he portrays a beautiful yellow hill. “Ten thousand saw I at a glance” (Line 11) Wordsworth uses personification by saying the daffodils came to life. This is a lyrical poem about the poet’s response to nature. “I wondered lonely as a cloud that floats o’er vales and hills” (Lines 1-2) Wordsworth compares himself to a cloud‚ floating over the valleys and hills. The dreamy theme of these lines appears to reveal
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Frankenstein Project: Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work. Themes: • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818) -Dangerous pursuit of knowledge -The nature and importance of friendship and love -Obsession and the consequences and causes -Outcast and monstrosity‚ secrecy -Creature tries to fit in to society‚ and is still shunned by differences -Prejudiced • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932)
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William Wordsworth was one of the key figures in the Romantic Movement‚ his early poems helping to define the new movement of Romanticism. Wordsworth sought to bring a more individualistic approach‚ his poetry avoided high flown language however the poetry of Wordsworth is best characterised by its strong affinity with natureand in particular the Lake District where he lived. The early nineteenth century was a time of rapid change and industrialisation‚ but like his contemporaries‚ Blakeand Coleridge
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Discuss Wordsworth as a poet of Nature. Wordsworth’s attitude to Nature underwent a progressive evolution—from ‘the coarser pleasures’ of the boyish days to an unreflecting passion untouched by intellectual interests or association to the transitory stage of human heartedness accompanied by a lasting and more significant stage of spiritual and mystical interpretation of Nature. This last stage has been termed as Pantheism and Warwick James says‚ “At this stage the foundation of Wordsworth’s entire
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Close reading – writing about poetry In this section we are going to look closely at three short poems of increasing difficulty. By setting you ten questions on each poem‚ it is hoped that you will begin to deal with how questions as a preface to considering the more important why questions later in the chapter. The questions will not be the same for each poem‚ to help you with applying different approaches depending on the circumstances of the poem concerned. The answers will follow
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Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey is a poem by William Wordsworth that has a strong‚ central theme of romanticism. Wordsworth was the pioneer poet in the field of literary philosophy which is now called romanticism. This poem reflects a romantic theme in two main ways. First is that throughout the passage of the entirety of the poem‚ there is a stressed view point upon imagination and remembrance‚ and most notably lots of emotion involved in the poem. The second way this poem has a
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Tintern Abbey: Seeing into the Life of Things What does Wordsworth see when he ’sees into the life of things?’; Remember that in the lines leading up to his portrayal of the ’blessed mood’; that gives him sight‚ Wordsworth has been pointing to the power of human memory and reflection. And the importance of memory and reflection are made plain by the shifting time perspectives in the poem. The poem begins with the speaker on the banks of the Wye for the first time in five years. At first
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Three Messages (An Analysis of Three Messages from Rime of The Ancient Mariner) In room 303 we have studied many texts. Rime of the Ancient Mariner was one of the most recent texts. Though there are many messages that could be taken from this story‚ there are a few that stood out most to me. Pride‚ suffering‚ and isolation are three themes or messages from Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The first message from Rime is pride. In the story‚ the mariner kills the albatross that seems to be
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