1. The Romantics
Poetry of the Soul?

2. What do we mean by Romanticism?
Ideas:

3. An Introduction to the Romanic Movement
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4. In The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Ideal (1948) F. L
In The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Ideal (1948) F.L. Lucas counted 11,396 definitions of 'romanticism'.

5. Definition
Romanticism was an artistic, literary, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century and in most areas was at its peak between 1800 and 1850.

6. Themes in Romantic Literature
The power of the natural world, which could inspire and heal men.
The relationship between man and nature.
Freedom/freedom of thought  Individualism.
Imagination.
Childhood/childhood memories  Innocence
Physical and emotional passion.
Mythology.
Feeling or emotion more important than logic or experience.
Revolution - The Romantics wanted to fight against the control of the government.
The exiled hero.
Irrational (and the imagination) over rational.
Escapism.

7. She Walks in Beauty - Lord Bryon
One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impair'd the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o'er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,
The smiles that win, the tints that glow,
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!
SHE walks in beauty, like the night
 Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that's best of dark and bright
  Meet in her aspect and her eyes:
 Thus mellow'd to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

8. Daffodils, by William Wordsworth
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

9. Your Turn What is the poem about? (Topic?)
How does the poem feel about the topic? (How is tone/mood communicated? – you may want to also think about rhyme, rhythm and colour).
Annotate poem, look up all the words you do not know.
4. Identify which words carry emotions or connotations and annotate these.
5. Go through your technique handout and identify what other techniques are used in this poem, and the effect of their usage.

10. Poet List John Keats William Blake Lord Byron John Clare
Samuel Coleridge
Charles Lamb
Percy Bysshe Shelley
William Cullen Bryant
Emily Dickinson
William Wordsworth
Matthew Arnold
John Clare
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Henry Longfellow
Sir Walter Scott