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 century

b) 16th centuryc) 17th centuryd) 18th centurye) 19th century

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Answer Time!!!!!

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 century

b) 16th centuryc) 17th centuryd) 18th centurye) 19th century

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5. The Romantic period occurred during the…a) 15th century

b) 16th centuryc) 17th centuryd) 18th centurye) 19th century

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