1. Read pg. 845, “Two Faces of Romanticism” 1. What was the name of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s volume of poetry? 2. What type of poems did Coleridge write? 3. What type of poems did Wordsworth write?

2.  Valued:  Youth and Innocence  Nature, and man’s relationship to it  Imagination over Reality  Emotion over Reason

3.  Responded to Change with Imagination  Looked back to their innocent youth with Nostalgia  Often wrote of a dream world that was more pastoral and innocent than the real world.  Some looked back to legend and myth for inspiration.  Found beauty in the small, ordinary things

4.  The Romantics saw Poetry as a way to reveal deeper Truths through metaphor and symbolism.  Romantic poets also sought a new audience – the common man.  They used slang or common language.  Sometimes, though, they used more archaic language when writing of legend or the past.

5.  Romantics eschewed the strict formality of classical and neo-classical poetry.  They sought freer forms of line and verse.  However, they still mostly followed a set rhyme scheme and meter.

6.  One of the Fathers of Romanticism  Wrote Lyrical Ballads with Samuel Coleridge  Once the Poet Laureate of England  Used traditional forms like the sonnet to express new feelings of romanticism  Focused on the ability of nature to heal the dreary mind and soul.

7.  A Late Romantic poet  Took his inspiration from the joy of travel and the pain of a broken heart  Byronic Hero – a dark, brooding character, a “tortured soul” who eschews traditional values  Used traditional forms of stanza and meter to convey his themes of romance and yearning  Died young, only 36 yrs old LORD BYRON LORD BYRON (George Gordon Byron)

8. Use the DIDLS and TP-CASTT charts to analyze one of the poems below: By Wordsworth: 1.“The World is Too Much with Us” p 807 2. “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” p 806 3. “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” p 808 By Byron: 4. “She Walks in Beauty” p 850 5. “When We Two Parted” p 852-3

9. Read “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” by Wordsworth, pg. 808. 1.What is the overall tone of the poem? 2.According to the last stanza, what is the purpose of the poem? Analyze the following patterns: 3.Rhyme Scheme & Rhythm 4.Imagery 5.Sound Devices (alliteration, assonance) 6.How does this poem exemplify Romanticism?

10. Read “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” on pg. 806. Analyze the following patterns: 1.Rhyme Scheme & Rhythm 2.Imagery 3.Sound Devices (alliteration, assonance) 4.How does this poem exemplify Romanticism?

11.  Poet and Artist of the 18 th -19 th century  Made etchings and prints for each of his poems  Songs of Innocence:  nature, youth, spring, naiveté  Songs of Experience  city, maturity, winter, knowledge