The Puritan Period and the Age of Classicism (1620-1780) • Puritanism was a great moral and political reform that happened after the death of Queen Elizabeth • Literature was more critical and intellectual (made readers think than feel) • John Milton was crowning glory of the period • Paradise Lost (The Fall of Man) was the greatest religious epic of England • John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress • With King Charles II the Monarchy was restored • Next 40 years was known as Restoration
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where sense of divinity of humanity-coexist with oppressions and injustice; during his life his work received little attention and the attention it did was negative * Works * Songs of Innocence- innocence in which everyone is born; childlike tone; the lamb symbolizes Jesus * Chimney Sweeper- Darkside; Innocence of believing that doing the right thing will lead to going to Heaven; amd all burdens are gone; all things will be taken care of in Heaven * Songs of Experience- can
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1) Alliteration Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street 2) Assonance “Early Moon” by Carl Sandburg THE BABY moon‚ a canoe‚ a silver papoose canoe‚ sails and sails in the Indian west. A ring of silver foxes‚ a mist of silver foxes‚ sit and sit around the Indian moon. 3) Blank Verse “Of Mans First Disobedience‚ and the Fruit” by John Milton Of man’s first disobedience
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Coleridge: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner‚ Kubla Khan. P. B. Shelley: Ozymandias G. G. Byron: Childe Harold (A). John Keats: Ode on a Grecian Urn Mary Shelley: Frankenstein. I. The Anglo-Saxon Age. From aristeia to aristobios during the heroic age. . The orally composed epic fixed in writing by Christian monks. . The
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English 2323 Reading Assignment 1 The Romantic Period (1785-1832) Online Period Introduction Overview and Period Introduction Quizzes I am assigning the online period introduction overviews and online quizzes for both the 8th and 9th editions of The Norton Anthology of English Literature (NAEL) because each provides some information that the other does not. As you will see in the reading list below‚ I have also assigned the introduction to this literary period in your textbook and provided the
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‘Analyze How Poets Have Used the Sonnet Form to Explore Ideas About Love and Mortality’ Sonnets have been used to paint a detailed picture of human emotion‚ tradition and culture‚ through the centuries. Originally‚ they began in the 14th century and each era inherited the collections of fourteen lined literary genius and reworked its form‚ subject or use of sensual imagery in order to allow the literature to represent the moods of the time. The word “sonnet” comes from the Italian word‚ ‘sonnetto’
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Similarities and dissimilarities Though P. B. Shelley and John Keats were mutual friends‚ but they have possessed the diversified qualities in their creativity. These two are the great contributors of English Literature‚ though their lifecycle were very short. Their comparison are also little with each other‚ while each are very much similar in thoughts‚ imagination‚ creation and also their lifetime. 01) Attitude towards the Nature P. B. Shelley: Whereas older Romantic poets looked at nature as
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Ramses II was perhaps the greatest pharaoh in the long‚ storied history of ancient Egypt’s rulers. He ruled from approximately 1279 BCE to 1213 BCE‚ an astonishing 66 years. He began his rule while in his 20’s and was close to one hundred years old when he died. During his long rule‚ Ramses II accomplished a great deal and left behind a legacy that dwarfs that of any other Egyptian pharaoh. Ramses II was born to the pharaoh Seti I. There are no other known brothers of Ramses II so it is unknown
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a key member of a close circle of visionary poets and writers that included Lord Byron; Leigh Hunt; Thomas Love Peacock; and his own second wife‚ Mary Shelley‚ the author of Frankenstein. Shelley is perhaps best known for such classic poems as Ozymandias‚ Ode to the West Wind‚ To a Skylark‚ Music‚ When Soft Voices Die‚ The Cloud and The Masque of Anarchy.
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Arab Open University Tutor Marked Assignment (TMA) FACULTY OF LANGUAGE STUDIES A210B TMA COVER FORM (2013) Branch: | Program: | Course Title: | Course Code: | Student Name: | Student ID: | Section Number:: | Tutor Name: | Mark Allocated to TMA | STUDENT MARK | 20% | for content : a max of 20 marks | marks deducted for lang. & communication errors: a maximum of 4 marks | Earned Mark | | | | | Notes on plagiarism: A. According to the Arab
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