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Solitude and Intensity: the Romantic Style of Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson's poetry frequently incorporates the color white, not as a symbol of purity or innocence, but as an emblem of intense emotion and passion, exemplified by her use of "white heat" as a metaphor for the soul's fervor....
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Understanding the poem ‘Love’s Philosophy’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Pupil outcome: I can explain how ‘Love’s Philosophy’ reflects on the emotional power of love. Key learning points: - Romantic literature often deals with powerful, spiritual ideas and dramatic themes. - Shelley was a Romantic poet who...
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Exploring Romantic poems in the 'Love and Relationships' anthology
Pupil outcome: I can explain how poets reflect the tropes of Romanticism. Key learning points: - Romanticism arose from a conflicted time for society. - Romanticism prioritised ideas of revolution, inspired by France. - Romanticism...
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Exploring the Romantic poets in the Edexcel 'Conflict' anthology
Pupil outcome: I can discuss the wider context of Romanticism in relation to the four Romantic anthology poems. Key learning points: - The Romantic period prioritises imagination and self expression over regulation and institutional...
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What Is Pink by Christina Rossetti (Children's Poem about Colours)
What is Pink is a lovey poem by Christina Rossetti about colour. Introducing children to the beautiful colours of the natural world and the beauty of nature. What is pink? a rose is pink By the fountain's brink. What is red? a poppy's...
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Comparing Romantic poets' attitudes to nature
Pupil outcome: I can draw interesting comparisons between two Romantic poems. Key learning points: - The poems that you choose to compare should both be linked to the focus and nuances of the question you are asked. - Focus your...
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Understanding the connections between Romanticism and Shelley's 'Ozymandias'
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Shelley presents the values of Romanticism in 'Ozymandias'. Key learning points: - Shelley was a Romantic poet who rejected monarchy, religion and other powerful institutions. - ‘Ozymandias’ reflects...
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Transiance: Ode on a Grecian Urn
The Romantic poet John Keats wrote "Ode on a Grecian Urn" less than two years before his death from tuberculous. Though an ekphrasis (a piece of art about a piece of art), the poem's final message goes beyond the titular urn to explore...
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Romanticism Explained Through Paintings
This is just one example of how you can use visual art to examine literary Romanticism. Main elements of Romanticism: Love of Nature Focus on Emotion Fascination with the Sublime Individualistic Byronic Heroes Interest in the...
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Identifying how poets reflect desire in natural settings
Pupil outcome: I can identify similarities and differences between ‘Sonnet 29’, ‘Love's Philosophy’ and ‘Letters from Yorkshire’. Key learning points: - Shelley, Barrett-Browning and Dooley use natural imagery in their poems to depict an...
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Understanding mankind and nature in Wordsworth's 'Lines Written in Early Spring'
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Wordsworth presents the relationship between man and nature in 'Lines Written in Early Spring'. Key learning points: - Wordsworth expresses the idea of harmony in nature through ‘Lines Written in Early...
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Analysing nostalgia and melancholia in Brontë's 'Mild the Mist Upon the Hill'
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Brontë uses language and structure to express ideas of nostalgia and melancholia in ‘Mild the Mist Upon the Hill’. Key learning points: - We might interpret Brontë’s poem as evoking either nostalgia or...
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Understanding the poem ‘Letters from Yorkshire’ by Maura Dooley
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Maura Dooley presents the multifaceted effects of a long distance relationship. Key learning points: - The speaker is enriched and comforted by her long-distance correspondence with a friend. - Although...
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Understanding 'Excerpt from The Prelude' by William Wordsworth
Pupil outcome: I can explain what I think the poem is about and why I think it was written. Key learning points: - The Prelude is a semi-autobiographical poem which was published after Wordsworth's death. - Written in the first person,...
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Humphry Davy's Potassium Volcano
Join this free online course on FutureLearn to learn more about Davy, his scientific achievements and his role as a romantic poet.: http://bit.ly/2whg9G0 Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Humphry Davy is one...
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Analysing the presentation of patriotism in Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’
Pupil outcome: I can analyse how Brooke presents the relationship between the soldier and their country. Key learning points: - The main themes of the poem are patriotism and nationhood - Whilst the speaker fears death, he believes that...
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English Essentials - Next Level Knowledge - Values Approach to Essays (Stage 6, Years/Grades 11-12)
Are you ready to take your analysis to the next level? Join us for a stimulating lesson on the values approach to essay writing. If you are studying advanced English literature, or would just like to go beyond themes in your essays, this...