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    Romantic poets. Although often viewed as a ’nature poet ’ ‚ his poetry is not simply concerned with scenic and descriptive evocations of nature ‚ but rather with the issues of Man ‚ Human Nature and Man’s relationship with the natural world.The ’Lyrical Ballads’ ‚ produced in association with Coleridge and published in 1798 ‚ sought to revolution in English poetry ‚ bringing a new emphasis on natural subjects ‚clarity of diction .Wordsworth ’s theories ‚ outlined in the ’Preface’ which opened the volume

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    The Puritan Period and the Age of Classicism (1620-1780) • Puritanism was a great moral and political reform that happened after the death of Queen Elizabeth • Literature was more critical and intellectual (made readers think than feel) • John Milton was crowning glory of the period • Paradise Lost (The Fall of Man) was the greatest religious epic of England • John Bunyan wrote The Pilgrim’s Progress • With King Charles II the Monarchy was restored • Next 40 years was known as Restoration

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    to help you see why they are so amazing. Both of these poems are telling the audience a story of personal experience. However‚ the poets use different poetic structures to convey their message. Fourteen Poor Men is written as a lyrical‚ where as Migrants is written in ballad form. Let me briefly shed some light onto each of the poets‚ and their backgrounds‚ which might help you all to have more of an understanding into some of the impacts on their writing. So first of all‚ let’s start with Mary

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    gg. ( McLaughlin ).” It is essential to discuss both sonnet types and not just the typical Shakespearian sonnets. William Wordsworth is another poet who uses the sonnet poetry form. Wordsworth published a few collections of works including; Lyrical Ballads‚ The Prelude‚ and‚ Poems: In Two Volumes (William Wordsworth). Instead of writing the common Shakespearian style sonnets‚ he opted for the classic Italian sonnet style in the poem London‚ 1802. Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour:

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    limitations. Apparently Wordsworth used to pace up and down a long path whilst he thought up his poems - immersing himself in the beautiful tranquility that surrounded him. The poem “Lines Written in Early Spring” is part of the collection Lyrical ballads‚ published in 1798 and considered to have marked the beginning of the English Romantic movement in literature. The poem is composed of six four-line stanzas‚ and is written in iambs with an abab rhyme scheme for each stanza. The title “Lines Written

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    HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE SYLLABUS Title of the Course: IED 373 British Poetry and Prose II Instructor: Associate Prof Dr. Huriye Reis Year and Term: 2011-2012 Autumn Class Hours: Wednesday 13:00-15:45 (ZNG); huriye@hacettepe.edu.tr I.Aim and Contents: This course aims to present the Renaissance and the seventeenth -century English literature‚ the major conventions‚ themes and writers of these periods through a study of selected poems and

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    “Romantic” – this word holds many different connotations and brings to mind a collection of different images. It can be “fanciful‚ impractical‚ unrealistic”; it can be “ardent‚ passionate‚ fervent”; and it can be “imaginary‚ fictitious‚ or fabulous”. According to the dictionary‚ “romantic” is an adjective characterized by a preoccupation with love‚ or by the idealizing of love or one’s beloved. In the three poems I have chosen – “Let me not to the marriage of true minds” by William Shakespeare‚ “La

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    Cortney Buesgens Ms. Brown Chorale 12 January 2016 Semester 1 Final Over the course of the semester‚ the Chorale has sung a combination of Disney and Christmas themed songs for their fall and winter concert. Such songs include God Help the Outcasts arranged by Audrey Snyder‚ When You Believe arranged by Audrey Snyder‚ and Carol of the Bells arranged by Kirby Shaw. Each one of these pieces contains its own rich history and meaning behind the lyrics‚ of which date back to the original composer and

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    Wordsworth in Preface to Lyrical Ballads has said; “For all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”. He has also said “The subject is indeed important!” (Wordsworth). Poems from Guantanamo has both these things and more. Indeed‚ Wordsworth preferred poems of “common

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    “Franz Schubert was a programmatic composer”. Discuss this statement with reference to two pieces studied and refer to three of the concepts of music in your answer. Composers of the Romantic Period were attracted to programme music – music that provides a story‚ idea or scene. Franz Schubert‚ one of the earliest 19th Century composers‚ was very much so‚ a programmatic composer. In a short lifespan of 31 years‚ Franz Peter Schubert composed 600 lieder‚ (plural for ‘lied’‚ the German word for ‘song’

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