William Wordsworth Biography William Wordsworth was born April 7th‚ 1770‚ in Cockermouth‚ Cumberland. He attended school at Saint John’s College‚ University of Cambridge. He was said to have loved nature. During school breaks he visited places known for their scenic beauty. While in France‚ he fell in love with Annette Vallon. They had a daughter in December of 1770‚ shortly before he moved back to England. Wordsworth had written poetry while he was still a schoolboy‚ but none of his poems were
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MÜLLER Cognitive Poetics Meets Hermeneutics Some considerations about the German reception of Cognitive poetics Theoretical discussions and applications of cognitive approaches such as Biopoetics and Cognitive poetics are remarkably growing in number among German scholars. This indicates that the cognitive turn has definitely reached a broader audience in the traditional “Literaturwissenschaften”.1 This article is meant to investigate the reception of Cognitive poetics in the context of German
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Poetics by Aristotle Aristotle’s Poetics is the earliest-surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory 6 Constituent Parts * plot (mythos) Refers to the "structure of incidents" (actions). Key elements of the plot are reversals‚ recognitions‚ and suffering. The best plot should be "complex" (i.e. involve a change of fortune). It should imitate actions arousing fear and pity. Thus it should proceed from good fortune to bad
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Allegory: - A narrative in which the agents and actions and sometimes the setting‚ are conveyed by the author to make sense of the “literal”‚ primary level of significance as well as a secondary level of significance. 1) Historical and political allegory: in which characters and actions represent historical personages and events. 2) The allegory of ideas: Literal characters represents concepts and the plot allegorizes an abstract doctrine. Personification of abstract entities such as virtues‚
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2013 Study Unit: THL8234 (Advance Theory of Poetry) Assignment Number: 02 Part 1: Textual Analysis of Poetry Question 1: Sketching a Thatcher with metaphors It is certainly true that one of the distinguishing features of poetic texts is the use of figurative or non-literal language – this essay highlights the fact that metaphors do contribute to the understanding of a poem. Ted Hughes’ poem‚ Sketching a Thatcher‚ is loaded with vivid imagery and ample metaphorical
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Lesson 06.09 Assessment Thesis Statement‚ Opening Paragraph‚ evidence & conclusion REVISED While both poets Muir and Wordsworth wrote about the happy feelings that they have towards nature the beautiful outdoors or what some people may say Mother Nature‚ some of which the feelings are the same and some that are different as they speak of the different plants. In every walk with Nature one receives far more than he seeks.” - John Muir Nature does not only show the beauty of the Earth‚ but it shows
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literature‚ and hoped that by some means their work would be considered sublime ’. With the coming of the Industrial Revolution and the age of Romanticism‚ several poets such as Blake‚ Wordsworth‚ and Coleridge sought the sublime ’ within the realms of nature. The Romantics began to create a new model of poetry through focusing on the feelings or subjects of the poets mind instead of traditional methods. Alexander Pope would be considered one of the most important writers of the Enlightenment
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According to Wordsworth‚ every poet ought to be a teacher. Regarding himself‚ it was his opinion that he should be remembered merely as a teacher. But his concept of teaching was somewhat untraditional. It was his firm opinion that education should never be knowledge oriented‚ but life oriented. If an educated man is not able to solve human problems‚ his education is useless. In ’The Tables Turned’‚ he openly says: Come forth into the light of things‚ Let Nature be your Teacher. Education of
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The Romanticism in Wordsworth Romantic poetry has very distinct details which set it apart from previous poetry. William Wordsworth’s poem‚ "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud‚" is full of the Romantic characteristics which were so different during that time. The poem begins with the speaker "floating" along‚ as though he or she were a cloud‚ when he or she spots a "crowd/ ‚ of golden daffodils" (Wordsworth‚ 3‚4). The speaker goes on to describe the daffodils and the lake that is beside them
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conclusion‚ William Wordsworth cleanly describes the act of watching a patch of country daffodils swaying in the breeze and the lasting effect this pleasant image has on his quiet moments of reverie thereafter. But‚ perhaps in this simple four stanza poem‚ William Wordsworth has‚ in writing “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud”‚ succeeded in creating one of his greatest works of Romantic poetry by so perfectly actualizing the emotional virtue of Romantic poetry itself. William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) was
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