A few notable works of poetry of this period are “Songsof Innocence and of Experience” by William Blake,“Lyrical Ballads” by William Wordsworth and SamuelTaylor Coleridge,“The Eve of St. Agnes” and OtherPoems” by John Keats “Don Juan” by Lord Byron, and“Ode to the west wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Ode to the West Wind is a 1819 poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poem conveys the speaker's longing to spread his ideas as widely as the wind: ______10Mark for ReviewABCWhich quotation from Ode to the West Wind most effectively illustrates the claim?A"O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being, / Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead / Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,"B"Drive my dead thoughts over the universe / Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! / And, by the incantation of this verse,"C"Scatter, as from an unextinguished hearth / Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind! / Be through my lips to unawakened earth"D"The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, / If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?"

Give 3 facts about the following poets:Percy Bysshe ShelleyWilliam BlakeWilliam WordsworthSeamus HeaneyRobert BrowningBeatrice GarlandJane WeirCarol RumensJohn AgardImtiaz Dharker

Wordsworth is considered the early romantic period poet wheres as Shelley is the later romantic period poet. Write a detail note on the similarities and differences between both these romantic poets.

WHAT TO DO:1.       Read the background to William Blake from The Norton Anthology of English Literature: the major Authors pp. 43-46. Write down a summary of the major discussion points regarding Blake’s background: life, education, art, poetic composition and publication, understanding of poetry and the role of imagination and his mythology. 2.       Read the background to William Wordsworth from The Norton Anthology of English Literature: the major Authors pp. 124-127. Write down a summary of the major discussion points regarding Blake’s background: life, education, art, poetic composition and publication, understanding of poetry. 3.        Read the background to William Blake and William Wordsworth from A Brief History of English Literature, Chapter 9 The Romantic Period pp. 151-159, and from The Norton Anthology of English Literature: the major Authors pp. 1205-1209. Write down a summary of the major discussion points regarding Blake’s and Wordworth’s reaction to the French Revolution, understanding of poetry and works 4.  Read from the poems “London” and “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by Blake and Wordsworth and answer the questions in “Analysing Verse”.

Which element in a prose poem might be considered lyrical?A.Rhythm or music in the sounds of wordsB.Characters drawn from real lifeC.Tension and suspense in the narrativeD.Storytelling similar to that in a fableSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS