William Wordsworth: ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’

William Wordsworth: ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’

A compendium of useful links, exemplar material, resources and home learning: Lines Written in Early Spring: A Summary

How is Nature presented in Romantic Poetry?

Exploring the role of Nature in the works of Romantic Poets William Blake and William Wordsworth. Nature is presented as an essential constituent within Romantic poetry, encompassing the intrinsic pastoral reverence of poets belonging to the Romantic movement. Both William Blake and William Wordsworth are avid disciples of the championing of the natural world and [...]

Frankenstein: Key Quotations by Theme

Frankenstein: Key Quotations by Theme

Nature and Settings “these sublime and magnificent scenes afforded” “the thunder burst with frightful loudness from various quarters”, “I never beheld anything so utterly destroyed” Ch.2 “my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature”, “I did not watch the blossom or the expanding leaves” Ch.4 “a divine spring; and the season contributed greatly to [...]

The Romantics: Context

The Romantics: Context

Homework Schedule Definitions & Key Themes of Romanticism Authorial Context in the Romantic Era Writing an Essay Introduction on the Romantics Exemplar Essay on the Sublime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiRWBI0JTYQ&list=PLwaLIaLu8wcxR40SjvHa3KGMrLcYyAuLH&index=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2-EA6doUf4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InpMnEPiQZA Podcasts Podcast: Revolutions, Rebels and Romantics (Part 1) Podcast: Revolutions, Rebels and Romantics (Part 2) Podcast: Romanticism Podcast: The Enlightenment

William Blake: ‘The Tyger’

William Blake: ‘The Tyger’

A compendium of useful links, exemplar material, resources and home learning on William Blake's 'The Tyger' from his collection Songs of Experience: Subscriber Content: The Tyger Annotated Subscribe to get access Read more of this content when you subscribe today. Log in

William Blake: ‘Holy Thursday’ Innocence

William Blake: ‘Holy Thursday’ Innocence

A compendium of useful links, exemplar material, resources and home learning: William Blake: 'Holy Thursday' Innocence Annotated Poem Radio 4 Podcast: In Our Time 'Songs of Innocence and Experience' GetRevising: Criticisms for William Blake GetRevising: William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience notes

Wordsworth and Keats: Exemplar Analysis

Wordsworth and Keats: Exemplar Analysis

Explore the ways change is presented in Intimations of Immortality by William Wordsworth and one other poem of your choice.   Both Romantic poets William Wordsworth and John Keats ruminate on the essential nature of change in our lives in their poetry through the symbolic representation of Nature in the seasons; sense of ageing and [...]

Romantic Poetry: Homework Schedule

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 [...]