POETRY ANALYSIS- Andrew Ma Subject Poem- TO A Butterfly By William Wordsworth I’ve watched you now a full half-hour‚ Self-poised upon that yellow flower; And‚ little Butterfly! indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless!---not frozen seas 5 More motionless! and then What joy awaits you‚ when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees‚ And calls you forth again ! This plot of orchard-ground is ours; 10 My trees they are‚ my Sister’s flowers; Here rest your wing when they
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alone’ urbanisation Literature Lyrical poetry Two generations of poets First generation: WILLIAM WORDSWORTH‚ S.T. COLERIDGE Second generation: BYRON‚ SHELLEY‚ KEATS Keats ’Great spirits now on earth are sojourning’ William Hazlitt - the new poetry ’had its origin in the French Revolution. It was a time of promise‚ of renewal of the world - and of letters.’ Wordsworth‚ The Prelude France standing on the top of golden hours And human nature seeming born again! Bliss was
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feelings and God was as human views Both the Enlightenment and Romanticism periods sought to recognize the limits in human knowledge through the study of nature. There have been Romantic artists such as William Wordsworth whose work was inspired by his reverence for the natural world. Wordsworth always paid close attention to his surroundings. Also‚ Isaac Newton had made contributions to mathematics‚ physics‚ astronomy‚ and optics. Newton’s masterpiece‚ ‘The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy
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Perception of Women During The Nineteenth-Century: “A Doll’s House” and “The Glass Menagerie” What is “Woman”? What could - indeed should she become? Such questions preoccupied an array of social actors during the nineteen-century and the turn of the twentieth-century throughout the modernizing world. Although “A Doll’s House” and “The Glass Menagerie” were written in different eras and about women of diverse cultures‚ both plays explored the way in which the role of women is depicted in
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normal. Since he loves his country he thinks of the industrial areas also as beautiful. Everything that is of his land is fascinating for him and fresh in his memories. It is like Wordsworth saying in his poem I TRAVELLED FAR AMONG UNKNOWN MEN “‘T is past‚ that melancholy dream!”(Wordsworth). Having left England Wordsworth discovers his love for England and came back to the point of origin going through tragedy. East Poland is not Poland anymore and so dead but it continues to live in the memory of
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humans play as the “makers of history” and the value of things that they make. Discussing his long poem “Letter to Lord Byron‚” W.H Auden comments that Byron is “the right [recipient for the poem]‚ I think‚ because he was a townee … and disliked Wordsworth and all that kind of approach to nature‚ and I find that very sympathetic.” This interest in the urban world manifests itself throughout Auden’s poetry. In “Letter to Lord Byron‚” for example‚ Auden describes “tramlines and slag heaps‚ pieces
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Romanticism was a 19th century movement that focus on individual’s emotions as horror‚ happiness‚ pleasure‚ etc. This movement stated that individualism and nature are good. The idea that babies are cutest and beautiful was created at this time‚ because the thought of original sin‚ was rejected. In addition‚ it abolished the concept of babies being little adults‚ that have to be oppressed and formed by the religion for being good. Romanticism also is a movement full of feelings and passion and it
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for it. The next thing I like is the beauty of Nature. William Wordsworth has written many poems on nature‚ depicting her sublime beauty. I too‚ like Wordsworth‚ believe in the soul of nature. If and when I want peace of the mind‚ I go to nature and talk to her. This gives me great solace. I feel great pain to see that in his mad pursuit for material possession‚ man has forgotten all about the real joy that comes from Nature. Wordsworth correctly bemoans‚ when he says: Getting and spending‚ we lay
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Aspects of Literary History: Spring and Summer Terms 2008 Aspects of Literary History course‚ convenor: Dr Alistair Davies [B331] [H.A.Davies@sussex.ac.uk] Welcome to the Aspects of Literary History course. This is an ambitious course with a number of separate but interwoven strands: 1) The course will introduce you to some of the key concepts of literary history. 2) The course will enact literary history by examining the history of a particular mode of writing from its
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The Tables Turned The Tables Turned The Tables Turned William Wordsworth UP! up! my Friend‚ and quit your books; Or surely you’ll grow double: Up! up! my Friend‚ and clear your looks; Why all this toil and trouble? The sun‚ above the mountain’s head‚ A freshening lustre mellow
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