PPT-American Poets

Robert Frost 1874 1963 Lived much of his life in New England Used more traditional poetic forms Writes language as it is actually spoken Writes searching and often dark meditations on universal themes. Metaphysical Poetry. Metaphysical Poetry. Metaphysics: the branch of philosophy that systematically investigates the nature of first principles and the problems of ultimate reality: it includes the study of being (ontology) and the study of the structure of the universe (cosmology).. 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. . Characteristics of British Romantic Poetry. Romanticism. It elevated the individual, the passions, and the inner life, embracing a more dramatic, personal, and emotional style--even to the point of melancholic emotion. 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. LITERARY THEORY FROM PLATO TO T. S. ELIOT. DR. IDA BAIZURA BAHAR. GREEK CRITICISM:. Plato. Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece. . He . was also a mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. . Define the following. Metaphor. Simile. Personification. Alliteration. Imagery. Give me an example. End Rhyme. Alliteration. Onomatopoeia. Assonance. -Why do poets use the above sound devices?. Imagery. 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.. 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. Senior Assistant Professor. Department of English & Other Foreign Languages,. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi. What is Metaphysical Poetry?. A new kind of poetry, known as the Metaphysical Poetry began with John Donne. The term ‘Metaphysical’ as applied to poetry was first used by Dr. Samuel Johnson who borrowed it from Dryden’s phrase for Donne: “he affects the metaphysics.”. DR. IDA BAIZURA BAHAR. GREEK CRITICISM:. Plato. Plato was a philosopher in Classical Greece. . He . was also a mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. . 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.. What are the Fireside Poets. First group of American poets to rival British poets in popularity in either country.. Notable for their scholarship and the resilience of their lines and themes.. Preferred conventional forms over experimentation..