Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Romantic and Victorian Poetry

To complete this project you will research both the Romantic and Victorian periods of British poetry, and then provide a collection of representative poetry.

STEP ONE: THE ROMANTIC PERIOD – You can find answers to these questions in a textbook or on the Internet. You will use this research to support what you find in the poetry, so doing a thorough job here will help you in the long-run. I would reccomend using the purple anthology, though you can find this information on the Internet as well.
Post the following on your weblog:
1. List and describe at least two historical events that occurred during or right before the Romantic Period (2 paragraphs).

2. After reading about these events, what do you think life was like for normal people during this time? (1 paragraph)

3. What did the Romantic poets want to express in their work? You should be able to list three or four qualities of Romantic poetry. These will be the things you will need to find examples of later. The purple anthology can help you here. (3-4 sentences for each quality you find)

Show me your responses to these questions before moving on.

STEP TWO: ROMANTIC POETRY:
Read a poem from each of the following poets, and then write a short review of each poem that: 1) Summarizes its content; 2) Analyzes how it is a good example of Romantic poetry; and 3) Uses direct evidence from the poem to support the claims you make in #3. Each of these reviews should be two paragraphs. Check to be sure each response includes the information for which I am asking. This will save you time. You can find many examples on the Internet by searching these poets' names. It would be helpful to create links to the poems you are describing. You can do with the link button above. I can show you how.

William Blake
William Wordsworth
George Gordon, Lord Byron
Percy Bysshe Shelley
John Keats

STEP THREE: THE VICTORIAN PERIODYou can find answers to these questions in a textbook or on the Internet. You will use this research to support what you find in the poetry, so doing a thorough job here will help you in the long-run. I would reccomend using the purple anthology, though you can find this information on the Internet as well.

1. List and describe at least two historical events that occurred during or right before the Victorian Period. (2 paragraphs)
2. After reading about these events, what do you think life was like for normal people during this time? (1 paragraph)

3. What is the biggest difference between the Victorian Period and the Romantic Period? What caused this change? This is one of the things you will need to prove with examples from the poetry you will read. It is important to created a good response here. The purple anthology can help you. (1-2 paragraphs)

4. What did Victorian poets want to express with their work? You should be able to identify three or four qualities of Victorian poetry. Once again, you will be searching for these qualities in the poems you read, so a thorough job here will help you in the long-run. (3-4 sentences for each quality you find)

Show me your answers to this section before moving on.

STEP FOUR: VICTORIAN POETRY
Read a poem from each of the following poets, and then write a short review of each poem that: 1) Summarizes its content; 2) Analyzes how it is a good example of Romantic poetry; and 3) Uses direct evidence from the poem to support the claims you make in #3 and 4. Each of these reviews should be two paragraphs. Check to be sure each response includes the information for which I am asking. This will save you time. You can find many examples on the Internet by searching these poets' names. It would be helpful to create links to the poems you are describing. You can do with the link button above. I can show you how.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Robert Browning
Matthew Arnold
Thomas Hardy

38 comments:

jasmine said...
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jasmine said...

Mr. siegmund do I have to do that Romantic and Victorian poetry because I don't want to cause it's hard can i just finish up my novaNet please I just have one more to do on it, and just work on my senior project please, and finish up the restoration. I finished reading to i have 504 pages now. Thank you!

jasmine said...

mr siegmund where are the rest of my novanet I did 6 modules all together on English IV A and B now its just showing English IV A, i finish all my novanet.

jasmine said...

mr siegmund can you tell me what Im making in your class with everything down. all my novanet, reading thing I have 504 pages, and for the senior project can I do my presentation on the power point. thank you!

jasmine said...

Hi' mr siegmund I'm finish with my work now (romantic and victorian poetry) so you can check it and tell me what I need done to it but hurry up and live me a massage so that I can fix what ever i mast up on.

michelle said...

I am complete with the Romantic and Victorian poetry.

PrInCeSs_JaLisa said...

Mr. siegmund iam finished.

Tiffany said...

I finished with the Romantic period, but I'm still working on the Victorian period.

Tiffany said...

Hey I finished the Victorian, but it want let me post it, I don't know why.

manas winfield said...

I am done with the Romantic and Victorian poetry

Brian said...

I have finished Romantic/Victorian poetry.

John Kelley said...

im done with the romantic and victorian period thanks

anne of golden summer said...

i am doing Romantic and Victorian poetry separately. they are too long. but i'm done with the romantics.

Ryann said...

Both Romantic and Victorian Period are posted on my blog. I am unsure what else i have to do to be done with your class. if you would let me know, i would like to finish by the end of the week.

Ryann said...

I am sorry the last few reviews i did on the Victorian Era were not my best writing.

anne of golden summer said...

i am done with the victorians!! fini!

Purp Forces said...

I seperated them too.

completed Romantic part. just incase u wanted to look at it

Purp Forces said...

Finished the victorian period

~Mrs. Nash~ said...

I'm done check it out!!!!!!!!!!

Tiffani F said...

Finish with this... juust ine more to do...

Tiffani F said...

I am finish with this one.. Just 1 more left

Brittany_m_smith89 said...

I am finished with both

jessica wymbs said...

DONE!!!

Terica said...

i am done

Terica said...

im done mr. siegmund

Tiffani F said...

Im finish with my my last project thank you for giving me the opportunity to finish my project hope that your holidays was joyful... See you on Monday...

itzel said...

i completed the romantic and victorian period

AlishaST said...

I Am Finished With This Project

Chelsea said...

I am finished with my Romantic/Victorian project!!!!!!!!

luishdz said...

IM DONE.....................

Anonymous said...

I have finished all three projects.

Anonymous said...

mr.siegmund, im done with the romantic/ victorian poetry. i should be good with this project.

Anonymous said...

im done with this project I hope it good.

Anonymous said...

I have completed part of the Victorian reading and would like if you could go onto my blog page and read it! thank you!!

Anonymous said...

I just wanted to let you know that I am done with the Romantic/Victorian period and you can go and look at it. I am now moving on to the next one.

Keke (pookie) Hester said...

i posted all my mentor logs (7hours and 10mins)

Keke (pookie) Hester said...

i have psted all my mentor hours (7hours and 10mins)

Keke (pookie) Hester said...

i have posted all my mentor hours (7hours and 10mins)