29th of September:

Task:

Birth-Death? 1770- 1850.

Influence on the writer? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Godwin

Who is the poem for? For his wife.

Read the poem and check the meaning of new words.

Gleamed: a flash or beam of light

Ornament: an object, piece, or feature intended to add beauty to the appearance of something;
embellishment;
decoration.

Dusky: somewhat dark;

Startle: to disturb suddenly as by surprise:

Elements of Romantic poetry:

Subjectivity: Feelings, sentimental poem’s, giving a true picture of society, misfortunes, troubles and confusions.

Hellenism: Hellenism implies love, commitment and unmistakable fascination in the antiquated society, values and individuals of Greek. Romantic poets loved Hellenism a great deal in their poetry. They loved to explore the ancient culture of Greek in their poetry. John Keats’ poetry is loaded with various allusions to the art, literature and culture of Greek. Ode on a Grecian Urn is a perfect example in this regard. The pictures engraved on the Grecian Urn show Keats’s love the Greek ideals, culture and art.

Supernaturalism: Romanticism was a revival of mediaevalism. The romantic is extraordinarily alive to the wonder, mystery and beauty of the universe. The unseen world is more real for him than the world of the senses. Romantic poetry is mystical and is removed from the everyday experiences of life.

Imagination: The romantic poets laid emphasis on imagination and emotion.

Nature:Zest for the beauties of the external world characterizes all romantic poetry. Romantic poetry carries us away from the suffocating atmosphere of cities into the fresh and invigorating company of the out of door world. All poets were lovers of nature and looked at the beautiful aspects of nature. To them, nature was a friend, a lover, a mother, sister and a teacher. To Wordsworth, nature was both mother and sister. He spiritualizes nature, Shelley intellectualizes nature and Keats is content to observe nature through his senses.

Escapism: is another striking characteristic of romantic poetry. Escapism is a term, which implies a writer’s failure to face the agonies of real life and take shelter somewhere else instead of fighting against the odds. Escapism is the main theme of romantic poetry. Escaping reality.