This is a poem in which the main character is returning to a place he visited long ago, only this time his sister is accompanying him.
Theme: Surrounding oneself in nature can be a cleansing experience, and can show how some of the most beautiful things in life can be the simplest.
Symbols/Motifs: the sister - she is symbolic that this message, this harmony and respect for nature, needs to be passed on from one person to the next time - the character makes many references to time passing; this shows how nature is constant, it does not change, but how in contrast, humans depend on time and grow older as time goes on
Important Quotes: "Though changed, no doubt, from what I was when first/I came among these hills; when like a roe/I bounded o'er the mountains, by the sides/Of the deep rivers, and the lonely streams,/Wherever nature led: more like a man" (lines 65-9) - shows how elated he feels when he can leave behind societal pressures and enter into this world of freedom and independence - although he has changed since his first visit to this abbey, he immediately feels at home again - he changes, nature is constant (reconciliation of opposites)
"Their colours and their forms, were then to me/An appetite; a feeling and a love (lines 78-9) - main character feels loved and accepted by nature
"For I have learned/To look on nature, not as in the hour/Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes/The still, sad music of humanity" (lines 87-90) - learns, while surrounded by nature, just how flawed himself and humanity have become
(Romantic) THEME: A child's innocence, children being wise and teaching the elders, spirits.
SYMBOLS/MOTIFS: green and grass both are showing changes and representing the two children that are still in her heart. The color white showing innocence and purity [children]
IMPORTANT QUOTES: "a simple child, that lightly draws its breath, and feels its life in every limb, what should it know of death?" "you run about, my little maid, your limbs they are alive; if two are in the church-yard laid, then ye are only five" "their graves are green, they may be seen" "and when the ground was white with snow..."
*KEEP IN MIND* the older man tends to talk with ignorance in his words. The young girl talks with hope and she consistently represents her family.
Wordsworth describes his opinions on how poetry should be written, setting the standards for Romantic writing. He ultimately says that he wants to keep his writing about real and realistic things. He also thinks that there should be as little difference as possible between prose and poetry. He wants there to be emphasize on humans and nature and especially their relationship.
Quotes: "I have wished to keep my Reader in the company of flesh and blood" (4). -keeping it real
"...their reasoning have attempted to widen the space of separation betwixt Prose and Metrical composition" (5). “...language of every good poem can in no respect differ that of good Prose” (6). -little difference between prose and poetry
"What is a Poet? ... He is a man speaking to men" (7). -poet portraying humans is vital to his job
~a protest of human's lack of respect and attention towards nature
Nature: Winds and Sea (capitalized in the poem). Both personified: "The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; / The winds that will be howling at all hours"
Emphasizes the need for a cohesive relationship between humans and nature.
Human's Mistreatment of Nature: "Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: / Little we see in Nature that is ours; / We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!"
Humans ("We") have become too materialistic ("getting and spending") and are not in touch with the spiritual aspects of nature.
First first 8 lines (octave) feature the pronoun "We," while the sestet (last 6 lines of the sonnet) uses "I" to emphasize individualism - an element of Romanticism.
Pagan Religions: Triton, Proteus (sea gods) Pagan religions featured many gods and were known for a heavy focus on nature and, thus, a respect for nature - moreso than the predominantly Christian society Wordsworth was raised in. The phrase "Great God!" shows that Wordsworth was indeed raised with a monotheistic religion, but he also writes that he would prefer that everyone respected nature the way Pagans once did.
FULL POEM: The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers; Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon, The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers, For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
A boy goes nutting in the woods and comes to an undiscovered nook.He is overwhelmed by the joy of finding such a lovely place yet feels as if he has soiled the area in the woods by discovering it.
Sexual undertones are in this poem referring to the land as virgin and voluptuous. Also refers to the hazel trees as "tall and erect, with tempting clusters hung".The boy is connected with nature and hears the songs of nature."I heard the sweet mood when pleasure loves to pay/tribute to ease; and, of its joy secure"
Romantic elements of nature and its power. The nature around the boy makes him feel small in the world and he feels the past around him. The woods feel alive.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Subject: Ancient Mariner tells his tale about being on the sea. On a voyage with crew and then an albatross begins to follow them. The mariner kills the albatross which leads to many unfortunate events on the ship including the entire crew dying. Once he gets back home, the mariner is “cursed” and has to tell his tale to random people. Characters: Ancient Mariner, Albatross, Crew, “Death”, Wedding guest Themes: - Death and the salvation it can provide - The mariner’s curse leaves him wanting death to escape his tormented life - Respect for nature - Once the albatross is shot, many bad things happen showing that man needs to have a general respect for nature - Chaos in nature shown through descriptions of the environment Symbols/Motifs: - Constant contrast between light and dark (also contrasts between life and death/heaven and hell) - Albatross (symbol of purity/hope, can be interpreted as an angel guiding the crew through the rough ocean) Important Quotes: - “He prayeth best, who loveth best/All things both great and small/For the dear God who loveth us/He made and loveth all.” (23) o Shows how all people should have a mutual respect for nature because God made us all equal and did not leave anyone to be superior - “And I had done a hellish thing/And it would work ‘em woe/For all averred, I had killed the bird/That made the breeze to blow.” (8) o Foreshadows how the mariner’s disrespect toward one of God’s creations led to the torment they were about to witness o Mentioning “hellish” makes the mariner seem like the devil and the albatross an angel - “About, about, in reel and rout/The death-fires danced at night/The water, like a witch’s oils/Burnt green, and blue and white.” (9) o The description of these colors “burning” shows a chaos and a disposition for destruction that accompanies nature
Prospero-Creator of the storm, father of Miranda Miranda-Daughter of Prospero, innocent and falls in love with Ferdinand Caliban-Slave of prospero, lowly and pathetic (associated with earth0 Ariel-Fairy-type slave of Prospero, loyal and child like, associated with the air and femininity Gonzalo- Famous line about how he would run society (no government), good hearted, saved Prospero and Miranda- taunted by Sebastion and Antonio Trinculo-jester (Caliban tell him and Stephano to kill Prospero) Stephano-the drunk Ferdinand-Lover of Miranda, Alonso's son (Prince) Alonso-King of Naples, helps Antonio overthrow Prospero (Good in the end) Antonio-Prospero's evil brother, stole dukedom, and threw out Miranda and Prospero from the kingdom
QUOTES/IMPORTANT PAGES: page 56-57-Caliban's romantic dream speech page 71- Prospero calling Caliban a "born devil" page 72- Caliban is not materialistic like humans page 81-Ferdinand finds his father page 83-Prospero says "My Ariel' page 85-Curses Caliban page 87-Epilogue by Prospero
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ReplyDeleteThis is a poem in which the main character is returning to a place he visited long ago, only this time his sister is accompanying him.
Theme: Surrounding oneself in nature can be a cleansing experience, and can show how some of the most beautiful things in life can be the simplest.
Symbols/Motifs: the sister - she is symbolic that this message, this harmony and respect for nature, needs to be passed on from one person to the next
time - the character makes many references to time passing; this shows how nature is constant, it does not change, but how in contrast, humans depend on time and grow older as time goes on
Important Quotes:
"Though changed, no doubt, from what I was when first/I came among these hills; when like a roe/I bounded o'er the mountains, by the sides/Of the deep rivers, and the lonely streams,/Wherever nature led: more like a man" (lines 65-9)
- shows how elated he feels when he can leave behind societal pressures and enter into this world of freedom and independence
- although he has changed since his first visit to this abbey, he immediately feels at home again
- he changes, nature is constant (reconciliation of opposites)
"Their colours and their forms, were then to me/An appetite; a feeling and a love (lines 78-9)
- main character feels loved and accepted by nature
"For I have learned/To look on nature, not as in the hour/Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes/The still, sad music of humanity" (lines 87-90)
- learns, while surrounded by nature, just how flawed himself and humanity have become
-Kelsey F.
WE ARE SEVEN BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
ReplyDeleteSUBJECT: Death
CHARACTERS: a young girl and an older man
(Romantic) THEME: A child's innocence, children being wise and teaching the elders, spirits.
SYMBOLS/MOTIFS: green and grass both are showing changes and representing the two children that are still in her heart. The color white showing innocence and purity [children]
IMPORTANT QUOTES: "a simple child, that lightly draws its breath, and feels its life in every limb, what should it know of death?" "you run about, my little maid, your limbs they are alive; if two are in the church-yard laid, then ye are only five" "their graves are green, they may be seen" "and when the ground was white with snow..."
*KEEP IN MIND* the older man tends to talk with ignorance in his words. The young girl talks with hope and she consistently represents her family.
Preface to Lyrical Ballads
ReplyDeleteBy: William Wordsworth
Wordsworth describes his opinions on how poetry should be written, setting the standards for Romantic writing. He ultimately says that he wants to keep his writing about real and realistic things. He also thinks that there should be as little difference as possible between prose and poetry. He wants there to be emphasize on humans and nature and especially their relationship.
Quotes:
"I have wished to keep my Reader in the company of flesh and blood" (4).
-keeping it real
"...their reasoning have attempted to widen the space of separation betwixt Prose and Metrical composition" (5).
“...language of every good poem can in no respect differ that of good Prose” (6).
-little difference between prose and poetry
"What is a Poet? ... He is a man speaking to men" (7).
-poet portraying humans is vital to his job
-Allison
"The World is Too Much With Us"
ReplyDeleteby William Wordsworth in 1807.
-English
-14-line Petrarchan sonnet
-Iambic Pentameter
-abbaabbacdcdcd rhyme scheme
~a protest of human's lack of respect and attention towards nature
Nature:
Winds and Sea (capitalized in the poem).
Both personified:
"The Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; / The winds that will be howling at all hours"
Emphasizes the need for a cohesive relationship between humans and nature.
Human's Mistreatment of Nature:
"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers: / Little we see in Nature that is ours; / We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!"
Humans ("We") have become too materialistic ("getting and spending") and are not in touch with the spiritual aspects of nature.
First first 8 lines (octave) feature the pronoun "We," while the sestet (last 6 lines of the sonnet) uses "I" to emphasize individualism - an element of Romanticism.
Pagan Religions:
Triton, Proteus (sea gods)
Pagan religions featured many gods and were known for a heavy focus on nature and, thus, a respect for nature - moreso than the predominantly Christian society Wordsworth was raised in. The phrase "Great God!" shows that Wordsworth was indeed raised with a monotheistic religion, but he also writes that he would prefer that everyone respected nature the way Pagans once did.
FULL POEM:
The world is too much with us; late and soon,
Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;
Little we see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon,
The winds that will be howling at all hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,
For this, for everything, we are out of tune;
It moves us not.--Great God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn.
Lines Written in Early Spring
ReplyDeleteBy William Wordsworth
Wordswoth sees the beauty and harmony/simbiosis of the nature around, and feels as though man has separated themselves apart from it.
Narrator/Wordsworth
Themes: Harmony with nature and origin
Motifs: Nature, pleasure in nature, human civiization, faith/spirituality in nature
"If this belief from heaven be sent,/If such be Nature's holy plan,/Have I not reason to lament/What man has made of man?" (21-24)
-Jeff B, Annalise M
Nutting
ReplyDeleteRomantic poem by William wordsworth
A boy goes nutting in the woods and comes to an undiscovered nook.He is overwhelmed by the joy of finding such a lovely place yet feels as if he has soiled the area in the woods by discovering it.
Sexual undertones are in this poem referring to the land as virgin and voluptuous. Also refers to the hazel trees as "tall and erect, with tempting clusters hung".The boy is connected with nature and hears the songs of nature."I heard the sweet mood when pleasure loves to pay/tribute to ease; and, of its joy secure"
Romantic elements of nature and its power. The nature around the boy makes him feel small in the world and he feels the past around him. The woods feel alive.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
ReplyDeleteSubject: Ancient Mariner tells his tale about being on the sea. On a voyage with crew and then an albatross begins to follow them. The mariner kills the albatross which leads to many unfortunate events on the ship including the entire crew dying. Once he gets back home, the mariner is “cursed” and has to tell his tale to random people.
Characters: Ancient Mariner, Albatross, Crew, “Death”, Wedding guest
Themes:
- Death and the salvation it can provide
- The mariner’s curse leaves him wanting death to escape his tormented life
- Respect for nature
- Once the albatross is shot, many bad things happen showing that man needs to have a general respect for nature
- Chaos in nature shown through descriptions of the environment
Symbols/Motifs:
- Constant contrast between light and dark (also contrasts between life and death/heaven and hell)
- Albatross (symbol of purity/hope, can be interpreted as an angel guiding the crew through the rough ocean)
Important Quotes:
- “He prayeth best, who loveth best/All things both great and small/For the dear God who loveth us/He made and loveth all.” (23)
o Shows how all people should have a mutual respect for nature because God made us all equal and did not leave anyone to be superior
- “And I had done a hellish thing/And it would work ‘em woe/For all averred, I had killed the bird/That made the breeze to blow.” (8)
o Foreshadows how the mariner’s disrespect toward one of God’s creations led to the torment they were about to witness
o Mentioning “hellish” makes the mariner seem like the devil and the albatross an angel
- “About, about, in reel and rout/The death-fires danced at night/The water, like a witch’s oils/Burnt green, and blue and white.” (9)
o The description of these colors “burning” shows a chaos and a disposition for destruction that accompanies nature
Kyle Stewart and Danielle Feeney
William Shakespeare
ReplyDeleteStorm
Prospero, Miranda, Caliban, Ariel, Gonzalo, Trinculo, Stephano, Ferdinand, Alonso, Antonio.
Prospero-Creator of the storm, father of Miranda
Miranda-Daughter of Prospero, innocent and falls in love with Ferdinand
Caliban-Slave of prospero, lowly and pathetic (associated with earth0
Ariel-Fairy-type slave of Prospero, loyal and child like, associated with the air and femininity
Gonzalo- Famous line about how he would run society (no government), good hearted, saved Prospero and Miranda- taunted by Sebastion and Antonio
Trinculo-jester (Caliban tell him and Stephano to kill Prospero)
Stephano-the drunk
Ferdinand-Lover of Miranda, Alonso's son (Prince)
Alonso-King of Naples, helps Antonio overthrow Prospero (Good in the end)
Antonio-Prospero's evil brother, stole dukedom, and threw out Miranda and Prospero from the kingdom
Theme: Servitude/manipulation, power, knowledge, goodness/evil, supernatural& magic
Motifs: Nature, books, poetry, music, naivety
QUOTES/IMPORTANT PAGES:
page 56-57-Caliban's romantic dream speech
page 71- Prospero calling Caliban a "born devil"
page 72- Caliban is not materialistic like humans
page 81-Ferdinand finds his father
page 83-Prospero says "My Ariel'
page 85-Curses Caliban
page 87-Epilogue by Prospero
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