1. American Romanticism 1800-1860

2. Time Line page 134 Look at the political and social events Write down what societal issues literary writers will most likely address during this time period

3. Write down these pairs of words Reason Nature Individual Science Realism Imagination Civilization Society Poetry Idealism Scan pages 138 to 143 and choose the word in each pair that is most strongly associated with romanticism

4. Read pages 140-141 and answer these questions in complete sentences 1.How did rationalists view the city? 2.How did Romantic writers view the city? 3.What is the characteristic Romantic journey and with what is the destination associated? 4.What is the definition of Romanticism? 5.Romanticism came about in the sooty wake of what Revolution? (141) 6.What was of greater value than reason, logic, and cultivation? 7.What was considered the highest embodiment of imagination?

5. Number off from 1 to 10 Each group must draw a representation of their characteristic from the chart on page 143 Write out your bulletpoint on the back of your picture and put your names on the back of your picture You will present your pictures

6. I ntuition I magination I nner Experience I nnocence I nspiration from nature

7. Common Archetypes Hero Scapegoat Outcast Devil figure Temptress Damsel in distress Betrayer/Scoundrel Trickster Archetypal Plot of “Devil and Tom Walker”:

8. Poetry Analysis - Families A noiseless, patient spider, I mark’d, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated; Mark’d how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding, It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself; Ever unreeling them—ever tirelessly speeding them. And you, O my Soul, where you stand, Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space, Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,—seeking the spheres, to connect them; Till the bridge you will need, be form’d—till the ductile anchor hold; Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul. By Walt Whitman (Leaves of Grass)

9. You may use free verse or rhyme Apply at least 3 of the five I’s of Romanticism MLA heading! And your own title.