PPT-Techniques Poets Use to Create Meaning

Technique Definition Example Refrains A group of words repeated at key intervals in poetry Theres always gonna be another mountain Im always gonna wanna make it move Always gonna be an uphill battle. p. 215-6. English III. CHS. C. Edge. I. Characteristics of American Romanticism. Affirmation of feeling and intuition over reason. Faith in imagination, inner experience, and youthful innocence, rather than educated sophistication. Why were they called the “Fireside Poets”?. Families would sit around the fireplace reading and discussing their favorite poems. . Remember, this was before electricity provided lighting, radio, television, or video games. . William Wordsworth. born April 7, 1770, in . Cockermouth. , Cumberland, to John and Anne (Cookson) Wordsworth, the second of their five children. 1787 - went to . St. John's College, Cambridge. Went to France in 1791 (during French Revolution). 6480/7480. , Studies in Contemporary Literature: . Mad Men . and the Sixties. .  . Dr. David Lavery. Summer 2015.  . Poets of the 1960s. ENGL . 6480/7480. , Studies in Contemporary Literature: . Mad Men . 1800-1860. “I unsettle all things. No facts are to me sacred.”. --Ralph Waldo Emerson. Purpose of Writing. As a . reaction against rationalism. To explore . imagination. and . emotion. Emphasized. LITERARY THEORY FROM PLATO TO T. S. ELIOT. DR. IDA BAIZURA BAHAR. The Renaissance. . 01 . The Dark/Middle Ages or the Medieval Era. medieval scholar making precise measurements in a 14th-century manuscript illustration. 1785-1830. What is Romanticism?. a complex artistic, literary and intellectual movement that originated in the second half of the 18th century in Europe, and gained strength in reaction to the Industrial Revolution.. An Introduction. The term . "metaphysical" refers to philosophical speculations beyond the sensory: notions such as time, God, human . nature, faith, death, love, eternity. Metaphysical Poetry. The . 4/7/16. Published in 1895. Ownership. What the Volume Means Today Versus What it Meant in 1895. Works Cited. "THE PENNY POETS: A FLATTERING WELCOME." . The Review of reviews. (1895): 562-4. . ProQuest. Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. How and why were the confessional poets a reaction to the male dominated beats?. What is so intriguing and interesting to us about social media? Reality TV?. (What is it that draws us in and keeps us wanting more??). Poetry is a way of borrowing from other styles of writing (Rosen, 1997).. Poetry should be a personal encounter with a poet’s words that touches you in such a way to bring you back again and again for more – you can’t get enough! (, 0000).. Symbolism: a 19. th. C. artistic moment. France, 1857: . Publication of Charles Baudelaire’s . Les . fleurs. du mal . (. Flowers of Evil). Baudelaire . sparked a dark, neo-Romantic movement in French poetry, influencing poets like Mallarme and Valery. This movement is sometimes referred to as the French Decadent movement.. Romanticism 1800-1855 Romanticism The term derives from “romance,” which from the Medieval Period (1200-1500) and on simply meant a story (e.g. all the chivalric, King Arthur legends) that was adventuristic glu. . glue, agglutinate, conglomerate. l. ump, bond, glue. Root. . Meaning . Examples. . g. rad, . gress. . s. tep, go. grade. , gradual, graduate, progress, graduated, egress . Root. .