Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Poetry through the Ages Poetic forms in Elizabethan, Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist Poetry.

Published byMarianna Howard Modified over 9 years ago

Similar presentations

Presentation on theme: "Poetry through the Ages Poetic forms in Elizabethan, Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist Poetry."— Presentation transcript:

1 Poetry through the Ages Poetic forms in Elizabethan, Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist Poetry

2 History of Poetry from the Greek word poesis, which means “making,” or “creating.” Originally composed and shared orally; often set to music Commonalities with folktales Beowulf first known recorded English (old English) poem

3 Genres of Poetry Ballad: to be sung/recited; physical courage and love; about common people Sonnet: Italian/Petrarchan and English/Shakespearian; 14 lines (ending with rhyming couplet). abab cdcd efef gg Blank Verse: unrhymed but in iambic pentameter ( ĕé) Free Verse: does not follow set rhyme, meter, rhythm Lyric: often set to melody; focus on personal emotion

4 Poetry Timeline Elizabethan: 1560-1600 Romantics: 1780-1830 Victorians: 1833-1903 Modernist: 1920-1960 Post-modernist: 1980-

5 Elizabethan poetry Queen Elizabeth 1 st reigned from 1558-1603 Bloody time in English history William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlow, Edmund Spenser most popular Sonnets, blank verse, narrative poems

6 Romantics 1780-1830 Focus on: Libertariansim Nature and the sublime Alternate sources of truth and beauty The supernatural Popular Poets William Wordsworth, William Blake, Samuel Coleridge, Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley

7 Victorian 1833-1903 Focus on: Hope vs. Uncertainty Science vs. Spirituality The Rise of Women Popular Poets: Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barret Browning, the Brönte sisters, Matthew Arnold, Christina Rosetti, Lord Alfred Tennyson

8 Modernist 1920-1960 Focus on: Imagism Free verse Fundamental Spirituality Destruction and Darkness Self-reflection on art Popular poets: T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Emily Dickinson, e.e. cummings

Download ppt "Poetry through the Ages Poetic forms in Elizabethan, Romantic, Victorian, and Modernist Poetry."

Similar presentations

Ballads and Sonnets and Odes, Oh My! An Introduction to the British Romantics WordsworthByron Blake ShelleyColeridgeKeats.

Ballads and Sonnets and Odes, Oh My! An Introduction to the British Romantics WordsworthByron Blake ShelleyColeridgeKeats.
Renaissance Poetry Sonnets. Sonnets Sonnets are fourteen-line lyric poems focusing on a single theme. Sonnets are usually in iambic pentameter (ten syllable.

Renaissance Poetry Sonnets. Sonnets Sonnets are fourteen-line lyric poems focusing on a single theme. Sonnets are usually in iambic pentameter (ten syllable.
A Brief History of English Poetry What did people expect when they picked up a poem? From the Renaissance to the early 20 th Century.

A Brief History of English Poetry What did people expect when they picked up a poem? From the Renaissance to the early 20 th Century.
Types of Poetry.

Types of Poetry.
Sonnets.

Sonnets.
Elizabethan Poetry. Poetic Genres Pastoral: songs, dialogues, funeral elegies, romances (John Milton, ‘Lycidas’) Satires Lyric poems: hymns, odes, epithalamiums.

Elizabethan Poetry. Poetic Genres Pastoral: songs, dialogues, funeral elegies, romances (John Milton, ‘Lycidas’) Satires Lyric poems: hymns, odes, epithalamiums.
Styles and Forms. Narrative Poem 0 Tells part or all of a story 0 They might have lots of descriptive passages, but its rimary purpose is to tell a tale.

Styles and Forms. Narrative Poem 0 Tells part or all of a story 0 They might have lots of descriptive passages, but its rimary purpose is to tell a tale.
History of English Literature

History of English Literature
Poetic Forms English 1201.

Poetic Forms English 1201.
9H English Ms. Bauer THE SONNET. What is a sonnet? The sonnet is a 14-line lyric poem. “Lyric” means the poem discusses the poet’s emotions.

9H English Ms. Bauer THE SONNET. What is a sonnet? The sonnet is a 14-line lyric poem. “Lyric” means the poem discusses the poet’s emotions.
Blank Verse and Iambic Pentameter Definition and Example Shakespeare wrote his plays almost entirely in blank verse —unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter,

Blank Verse and Iambic Pentameter Definition and Example Shakespeare wrote his plays almost entirely in blank verse —unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter,
Sonnets.

Sonnets.
The Sonnet History and form of the Sonnet. What is a Sonnet? A sonnet is a poem 14 lines of iambic pentameter Three types: Shakespearian, Petrarchan,

The Sonnet History and form of the Sonnet. What is a Sonnet? A sonnet is a poem 14 lines of iambic pentameter Three types: Shakespearian, Petrarchan,
Poetry Crash Course IB/AP English 12.

Poetry Crash Course IB/AP English 12.
British Romanticism English 12 2010-2011.

British Romanticism English
BRITISH ROMANTICISM 1798-1832. Two main contributing factors  1. French Revolution  2. Industrial Revolution.

BRITISH ROMANTICISM Two main contributing factors  1. French Revolution  2. Industrial Revolution.
Poetry Introduction: Sonnets. Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet Created by Giacomo de Lentini. Includes two parts: octave and sestet. A-b-b-a, a-b-b-a, c-d-e-c-d-e.

Poetry Introduction: Sonnets. Italian (Petrarchan) Sonnet Created by Giacomo de Lentini. Includes two parts: octave and sestet. A-b-b-a, a-b-b-a, c-d-e-c-d-e.
  Romanticism was a movement in literature, music and art from the late 18 th Century until the mid 19 th Century. Although some of the writers and.

  Romanticism was a movement in literature, music and art from the late 18 th Century until the mid 19 th Century. Although some of the writers and.
Revolution of language

Revolution of language
Sonnet Types Renaissance Poetry.

Sonnet Types Renaissance Poetry.

Similar presentations

Ads by Google