(first half of 19th cent.) • Romantic poetry – two generations: • „Lake school“ (Wordsworth‚ Coleridge) • Byron‚ Shelley‚ Keats • Romantic novel – historical novel (Sir Walter Scott) – gothic novel‚ horror (Mary Shelley) The Lake Poets The Lyrical Ballads William Wordsworth Samuel Taylor Coleridge The second generation George Gordon Byron: Childe Harold´s Pilgrimage Percy Bysshe Shelley: Ode to the West Wind John Keats: Ode to a Nightingale Other romantic poets • William Blake: The Tyger • Robert
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Name: Mat Zo School: New York IB Subject: English Literature Criteria: Assignment 2 Topic: “How is social injustice portrayed in Caged Bird by Maya Angelou and Song to the Men of England by Percy Bysshe Shelly?” Word Count: 899 Social injustice is indeed very vividly portrayed in “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou and “Song to the Men of England”. “Caged Bird” is based upon Maya Angelou’s first autobiographical book “I Know Why The Caged
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Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley was a rebel from the British upper class. He was married to Harriet Westbrook‚ and friend with Byron. Although he died very young at the age of thirty‚ he left behind him valuable writings. Ozymandias is without doubt a poem of such kind. The poem is an Italian sonnet‚ and describes the remains of a ancient "glorious" ruin seen by a common "traveler from an antique land"(1). The subject of Shelley’s poem is more subtle than it seems. Found in the multitude of Romantic
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PARADISE LOST ~ A BRIEF OVERVIEW In the mid-seventeenth century‚ John Milton was a successful poet and political activist. He wrote scathing pamphlets against corruption in the Anglican Church and its ties to King Charles. In Milton’s day Puritanism meant having politically radical views. And at one point Milton was actually jailed for recording them on paper. Paradise Lost‚ as much as anything‚ is a series of arguments put forth by the characters‚ which in turn ultimately expresses Milton’s personal
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In this poem “Ozymandias” by Shelley Percy Bysshe‚ there are different types of sound devices. The poet uses alliteration multiple times throughout the poem. “Cold command” and “boundless and bare” are examples of alliteration because the beginning letter of each word is the same. Alliteration helps the poet to make their meaning clear because repeating the same constant is used to emphasize a point and it can give additional amusing effects to the reader. Shelley also uses rhyming in this poem;
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Switzerland and the view of Mont Blanc‚ Percy Bysshe Shelley composed his Hymn to Intellectual Beauty which Kelly A. Weisman refers to as one of his “songs of struggle over the meditation between desire and its tropes” (42). Like most other works from the Romantic period‚ nature‚ individualism‚ and imagination are each a major part this poem. By reading the title one would think that the poem is about beauty of the mind however this is not the case. Shelley writes about a spirit that is supreme to
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The Modern Prometheus When Mary Shelley’ “Frankenstein” rose to fame‚ literary critics sparked fierce debates concerning whether the main character‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ was influenced by the Greek myth of Prometheus. While Victor and Prometheus both created their own version of humans‚ their methods and overall affection for their creation is startling different. Some critics argue that Victor is in fact the modern Prometheus because of the ways Victor went about creating the monster with his
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Thesis - In the Gothic novel Frankenstein‚ Shelley shows the reader how the human desire to acquire and utilize knowledge and technology can be a double edged sword for humanity‚ and if not utilized carefully and responsibly‚ can harm and possibly destroy us. 2) Biographical Information a) Birth - August 30 1797 in London‚ England b) Death - February 1‚ 1851 in London‚ England c) Highlights well educated poet and novelist‚ married Percy Bysshe Shelley 3) Plot Summary a) Opens with the letters
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In the two poems‚ The Magpies by Denis Glover and Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley a common theme is that of man’s immortality. In The Magpies this theme is made especially apparent through the comparison of the immortality of Elizabeth and Tom with nature’s ability to remain constant due to its continuous regeneration. Meanwhile‚ in Ozymandias a king has a statue built however just like him the statue does not survive and is actually left abandoned and forgotten in the desert. This theme of immortality
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Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote this poem "Ozymandias" to express to us that possessions do not mean immortality. He used very strong imagery and irony to get his point across throughout the poem. In drawing these vivid and ironic pictures in our minds‚ Shelley was trying to explain that no one lives forever‚ and nor do their possessions. Shelley expresses this poem’s moral through a vivid and ironic picture. A shattered stone statue with only the legs and head remaining‚ standing in the
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