English literature‚ the Elizabethan period may be called the first Romantic period‚ dominated by Marlowe‚ Shakespeare‚ Spenser and others. It was followed by the Classical period in the eighteenth century whose important literary figures were Dryden‚ Pope‚ Addison‚ Swift and Dr. Johnson. The later part of the eighteenth century and the early part of the nineteenth century‚ whose prominent poets were Wordsworth‚ Coleridge‚ Scott‚ Byron‚ Shelley‚ Keats‚ was dominated by the romantic tendency‚ and hence
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failure to consummate his passionate relationship with Fanny Brawne by marriage not only adds a sense of pity towards his use of the themes of love and sexuality but also explains his expressions of passion within his poetry and odes. The characters Keats depicts within his “Ode to Psyche” can be taken to symbolize his love for and obsession with Miss Fanny Brawne. In 1819 Keats lived in the house of Charles Brown. While Keats and Brown studying in Scotland‚ Brown had rented his house to a woman
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DRAMA >.a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character‚ especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play. >.the branch of literature having such compositions as its subject; dramatic art or representation. >.the art dealing with the writing and production of plays. >.any situation or series of events having vivid‚ emotional‚ conflicting‚ or striking interest or results: the drama of a murder trial . 1. a
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John Keats (1795-1821) TO AUTUMN. 1. SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness‚ Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees‚ And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd‚ and plump the hazel shells With
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Whilst texts may be fictitious constructs of composers’ imaginations‚ they also explore and address the societal issues and paradigms of their eras. This is clearly the case with Mary Shelley’s novel‚ Frankenstein (1818)‚ which draws upon the rise of Galvanism and the Romantic Movement of the 1800’s‚ as well as Ridley Scott’s film Blade Runner (1992)‚ reflecting upon the increasing computing industry and the predominance of capitalism within the late 20th Century. Hence‚ an analysis of both in light
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Even though “Ozymandias” by Percy Shelley and “Ode to a Grecian Urn” by John Keats sound like very different types of poems‚ they still share some of the same characteristics. In “Ozymandias‚” Shelley tells a story of how a man found a ancient statue of a king‚ with the words “My name is Ozymandias‚ King of Kings‚/ Look on my Works‚ ye Might‚ and despair!” The statue was broken into pieces‚ and the land was bare‚ with nothing to “look on” (11). In “Ode to a Grecian Urn‚” Keats is speaking to an ancient
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the end of the tunnel‚ and then Beethoven continues onto exploding your emotions using sounds that bring feelings of extreme proudness and accomplishment. This end of the journey is a magnificent chorale using a modified version of Schilling’s poem Ode to Joy. A “healing note for a shattered nation” said by reporter Lucy Craft ("Beethoven’s 9Th Symphony Still A Hit In Japan")‚ “endlessly satisfying‚ interesting‚ and moving”‚ “music being the universal language almost comes true with
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Ode: Intimations of Immortality Summary In the first stanza‚ the speaker says wistfully that there was a time when all of nature seemed dreamlike to him‚ “apparelled in celestial light‚” and that that time is past; “the things I have seen I can see no more.” In the second stanza‚ he says that he still sees the rainbow‚ and that the rose is still lovely; the moon looks around the sky with delight‚ and starlight and sunshine are each beautiful. Nonetheless the speaker feels that a glory has passed
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questions about Mary. When she refused to answer questions‚ they said she made the whole thing up. By the time she was eleven years old she had developed the habit of mental prayer. She would find a place between her bed and the wall and in that solitude think about God‚ life‚ eternity. When her other sisters‚ Marie and Leonie‚ left to join religious orders‚ Therese was left alone with her last sister Celine and her father. Therese was very spoiled and never did any chores at home. Therese wanted
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“Romantic poetry explores human existence and emotional engagement” Discuss this statement with reference to at least two of Keats poems set for study. With great references too many of Keats poems but in particular Ode to a Nightingale and Ode on a Grecian Urn‚ this quote is reinforced and explored in great depth. The ideologies of human existence and emotional engagement are discovered with powerful relationships between man and women and humans and the environment. These connections create a sense
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