ROMANTIC POETRY
Brigitte Santos, Cierra Jones, Lizbeth Martinez, Jonathon Dolojan
Definition
Romantic poetry mostly took place in the nineteenth-century. These poems are emotional and focuses on nature and the human imagination. In other words, it focuses on the sublime and the human imagination of the unconsciousness.
Romanticism as Art
Romanticism as Art
Romanticism as Art
Poetic Techniques
Imagery Metaphor Personification Diction Rhyme Schemes (usually) Emphasizes horror, terror,
apprehension (anxiety/fear), and awe
Themes
All Romantic themes are geared to evoke an emotional response
Unjust social and political situations are morally wrong
Nature is only beautiful in places where it is undisturbed by man
Human accomplishments are frail. Other themes revolve around the topics of:
heartache/unrequited love and exotic portrayals of monarchs and fictional characters.
Facts about the movement
Romantic poetry mostly took place in the nineteenth-century. Inspired by the Medieval Ages. Sought to portray the exoticness and fairytale-like reality of the time
Historical/social context
Rebelling against the social and political norms brought upon by the Enlightenment (the scientific rationalization of nature) and the ugliness of the Industrial Revolution
Most of the romantics approved of the French Revolution for they believed it would bring change to society. Poems talked about the corruption of society and monarchs, and emphasized the spiritual relationship with nature.
America was expanding in territory at the time so romantics created works emphasizing the beauty and exoticness of the west that encouraged westward expansion
William Blake - Bio
Born 1757 in London He was intelligent, but he left school
at age ten to attend the Henry Pars Drawing Academy
Started writing poetry at age twelve Although he wanted to be a painter,
it was too expensive so he became an apprentice engraver
Often illustrated his poetic collections
William Blake
Some notable works include: Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Four Zoas, and Jerusalem, Milton: A Poem.
Cradle Song –William Blake
SLEEP, sleep, beauty bright,Dreaming in the joys of night;Sleep, sleep; in thy sleepLittle sorrows sit and weep.
Sweet babe, in thy faceSoft desires I can trace,Secret joys and secret smiles,Little pretty infant wiles.
As thy softest limbs I feel,Smiles as of the morning stealO'er thy cheek, and o'er thy
breastWhere thy little heart doth
rest.
O the cunning wiles that creepIn thy little heart asleep!When thy little heart doth
wake,Then the dreadful night shall
break.
Edgar Allan Poe January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849
Short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor
Orphaned as a child Best known for tales of
mystery and macabre or the Gothic genre
Works influenced cosmology and cryptography
Married his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia Clemm
Frequently moved among cities, and his previous homes were turned into museums
Notable Works The Cask of
Amontillado (1846) The Raven (1845) Annabel Lee (1849)* The City in the Sea
(1831)* The Fall of the House
of Usher (1839)
*Poetry
Romance by Edgar Allan PoeRomance, who loves to nod and sing,With drowsy head and folded wing,Among the green leaves as they shakeFar down within some shadowy lake,To me a painted paroquetHath been--a most familiar bird--Taught me my alphabet to say--To lisp my very earliest wordWhile in the wild wood I did lie,A child--with a most knowing eye.
Of late, eternal Condor yearsSo shake the very Heaven on highWith tumult as they thunder by,I have no time for idle caresThough gazing on the unquiet sky.And when an hour with calmer wingsIts down upon my spirit flings--That little time with lyre and rhymeTo while away--forbidden things!My heart would feel to be a crimeUnless it trembled with the strings.
Percy Shelley
Percy Shelley was a major English Romantic poet He is considered one of finest lyric poets in the
English language He was married to Mary Shelly author of
Frankenstein His success did not come until after his death when
his poems and other literary works were published. His work often promoted non-violence in protest and
political action which inspired others such as Gandhi His most notable poems were Ozymandia, Ode to
the West Wind, To a Skylark, Music, When Soft Voices Die, The cloud and The Masque of Anarchy
Masque of Anarchy – P.S.
‘Stand ye calm and resolute,Like a forest close and mute,With folded arms and looks which
areWeapons of unvanquished war.And if then the tyrants dare,Let them ride among you there,Slash, and stab, and maim and
hew,What they like, that let them do.With folded arms and steady
eyes,And little fear, and less surpriseLook upon them as they slay
Till their rage has died awayThen they will return with shameTo the place from which they
came,And the blood thus shed will
speakIn hot blushes on their cheek.Rise like Lions after slumberIn unvanquishable number,Shake your chains to earth like
dewWhich in sleep had fallen on you-Ye are many — they are few
Walt Whitman May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892 ( died of a stroke)
American , born in Long Island
A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism
worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and—in addition to publishing his poetry—was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War.
Walt Whitman - said to be
homosexual, (but what male artist wasn`t)
Peter Doyle is who he was said to have an intimate relationship with (left)
Walt Whitman – Notable Works Leaves of Grass- was said to be obscene was published with his own
money in 1855 a collection of poetry which
he would continue editing and revising until his death
The succeeding untitled twelve poems totaled 2315 lines—1336 lines belonging to the first untitled poem, later called "Song of Myself".
Franklin Evans (1842) (NOVEL)
was a book about temperance
had contradictions his most embarrassing
poem said he was under the
influence of alcohol himself
Song of Myself –Walt WhitmanI celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to
you. I loafe and invite my soul, I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of
summer grass. My tongue, every atom of my blood, form’d from this
soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the
same, and their parents the same, I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death. Creeds and schools in abeyance, Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but
never forgotten, I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every
hazard, Nature without check with original energy. Houses and rooms are full of perfumes, the shelves
are crowded with perfumes, I breathe the fragrance myself and know it and like it, The distillation would intoxicate me also, but I shall
not let it.
The atmosphere is not a perfume, it has no taste of the distillation, it is odorless,
It is for my mouth forever, I am in love with it, I will go to the bank by the wood and become undisguised and
naked, I am mad for it to be in contact with me. The smoke of my own breath, Echoes, ripples, buzz’d whispers, love-root, silk-thread, crotch and
vine, My respiration and inspiration, the beating of my heart, the passing
of blood and air through my lungs, The sniff of green leaves and dry leaves, and of the shore and dark-
color’d sea-rocks, and of hay in the barn, The sound of the belch’d words of my voice loos’d to the eddies of
the wind, A few light kisses, a few embraces, a reaching around of arms, The play of shine and shade on the trees as the supple boughs wag, The delight alone or in the rush of the streets, or along the fields
and hill-sides, The feeling of health, the full-noon trill, the song of me rising from
bed and meeting the sun. Have you reckon’d a thousand acres much? have you reckon’d the
earth much? Have you practis’d so long to learn to read? Have you felt so proud to get at the meaning of poems? Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of
all poems, You shall possess the good of the earth and sun, (there are millions
of suns left,) You shall no longer take things at second or third hand, nor look
through the eyes of the dead, nor feed on the spectres in books,
You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me, You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self.
AP Prompt 1
Walt Whitman was a famous American poet in the 19th century. His most notable work was Leaves of Grass (1842) which was criticized as being obscene. How do you think Walt Whitman`s non chalance of liberal activity played into his works. Give an example of a play, poem or novel that shows his menatality and Explain how it relates to Romanticism.
AP Prompt 2
Throughout the Romantic movement, poets used literary devices, such as diction, imagery, and rhyme scheme, to convey their ideas. Give an example of a poem within the Romantic movement and describe how the poet used these literary devices.
Resources
http://www.english-e-corner.com/americanliterature/contents/Romanticism1/default.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanticism_and_the_French_Revolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-
9443160 http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5670 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Blake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Shelley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Whitman
• Write a romantic poem.•Try not to make a happy love poem. If you want to write about love, try to write about heartache/unrequited (one-sided) love•Remember the following:• Make it emotional• Use your imagination• Have a consistent rhyme scheme• Use literary devices
IT’S … POEM TIME!!!!!!!!!!
1. Romanticism was a reaction against…a) The French Revolutionb) The Enlightenmentc) The Industrial Revolutiond) Choices b and ce) Choices, a, b, and c
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2. All of the following are common inspirations of romantic poetry EXCEPTa) Natureb) Unrequited lovec) Social injusticesd) The Medieval Agese) None of the above
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3. What was happening in America during the time of Romanticism?a) The American Revolutionb) Westward expansionc) The Civil Ward) All of the abovee) None of the above
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4. How did Romantics feel about the French Revolution?a) They detested it.b) They approved of it.c) They mocked itd) They liked it but it didn’t influence
their poetrye) They didn’t think anything of it.
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5. The Romantic period occurred during the…a) 15th centuryb) 16th centuryc) 17th centuryd) 18th centurye) 19th century
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1. Romanticism was a reaction against…a) The French Revolutionb) The Enlightenmentc) The Industrial Revolutiond) Choices a and be) Choices b and c
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1. Romanticism was a reaction against…a) The French Revolutionb) The Enlightenmentc) The Industrial Revolutiond) Choices a and be) Choices b and c
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2. All of the following are common inspirations of romantic poetry EXCEPTa) Natureb) Unrequited lovec) Social injusticesd) Sciencee) None of the above
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2. All of the following are common inspirations of romantic poetry EXCEPTa) Natureb) Unrequited lovec) Social injusticesd) Sciencee) None of the above
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3. What was happening in America during the time of Romanticism?a) The American Revolutionb) Westward expansionc) The Civil Ward) All of the abovee) None of the above
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3. What was happening in America during the time of Romanticism?a) The American Revolutionb) Westward expansionc) The Civil Ward) All of the abovee) None of the above
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4. How did Romantics feel about the French Revolution?a) They detested it.b) They approved of it.c) They mocked itd) They liked it but it didn’t influence
their poetrye) They didn’t think anything of it.
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4. How did Romantics feel about the French Revolution?a) They detested it.b) They approved of it.c) They mocked itd) They liked it but it didn’t influence
their poetrye) They didn’t think anything of it.
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5. The Romantic period occurred during the…a) 15th centuryb) 16th centuryc) 17th centuryd) 18th centurye) 19th century
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5. The Romantic period occurred during the…a) 15th centuryb) 16th centuryc) 17th centuryd) 18th centurye) 19th century
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