Category: Romantic Poetry

A-Level, Byron, Coleridge, John Keats, KS5, Literature, Percy Shelley, Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Romantics, Support, Wordsworth

Romantic Poetry: Homework Schedule

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Romantic Poetry: Homework Schedule

Romanticism: Our home study schedule   Week 1: Read ‘Pastoral Poetics’ for William Blake. Highlight and make notes ready for discussion. Read the introduction of The Cambridge Introduction to British Romantic Poetry p1-16   Week 2: Read ‘A few lines written about Tintern Abbey’ ahead of analysis Read and annotate Growth of the Classical in [...]

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The Significance of Nature in ‘Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey’

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Write about the significance of Nature in the poem, and the speaker’s relationship with Nature: In regards to William Wordsworth and his poetry, including ‘Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey’, nature is one of the most prevalent and significant themes, an overriding thread used to highlight his spirituality, personal traumas and socio-political criticism. [...]

A-Level, Analysis, Edexcel, Essay, Exemplars, John Keats, KS5, Literature, Percy Shelley, Poetry, Romantic Poetry, Romantics

Romantic Poetry: Life and Death

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‘Compare and contrast Keats and Shelley’s presentation of life and death in their poetry’   Through their poetry, both John Keats and Percy Shelley present the themes of life and death, reflecting their personal philosophies and state of mind during the social and political context of the Romantic era. In particular, Keats’ ‘To Autumn’ and [...]

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Consider how Romantic Poets present the Sublime

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Anonymous exemplar essay exploring the Sublime in: William Wordsworth's 'Lines written a few miles above Tintern Abbey' Lord Byron's 'Lines Inscribed Upon a Cup Formed From a Skull’ Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner'   Consider how poets within the Romantic anthology present themes of the Sublime   The presentation of the Sublime [...]