1. The British Romantics 1790-1840
Blake
Theme: Opposites
Poems: “The Lamb” & The Tyger”
Byron
Theme: Love
Poem: “She Walks in Beauty”
Wordsworth
Theme: You Can’t Go Home
Poem: “Tintern Abbey”
Shelley
Theme: Fear of Being Forgotten
Poem: “Ozymandias”
Coleridge
Theme: Nature Rules!
Poem: “The Eolian Harp”
Keats
Theme: Life is So Short
Poem: “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
or Sonnet of Your Choice

2. Romantics Poetry Project
1. Select your poet.
2. Research your poet and explicate your poem (use the info on our
webpage plus other research you can gather).
3. Write your own poem, one that echoes the selected theme.
4. Prepare for poetry share on Friday May 12.