V6 Alquin Romanticism 12-15 20-27 Byron and Coleridge

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Lord byron

• Born in London as George Gordon, parents separated and he moved with his mother to Aberdeen (Scotland)
  
• Inherited the title Lord Byron from his childless uncle.
  
• Had a good education (Latin school, public school, Cambridge University)
  
• Bisexual (series of scandals)
  
• Grand Tour of Europe
  
• House of Lord (Whigs)
  
• Left England in 1816 for good, befriended Shelley
  
• Eccentric, flamboyant and controversial

Byron: 

-eccentric!

-flamboyant!

-controversial!

She walks in beauty: outward beauty reflected inner beauty

Let's read the poem now!

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She Walks in Beauty

By Lord Byron

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She Walks in Beauty Prezi Analysis

Is this poem a sonnet?

1. Yes
2. No

Question explained:

No. This poem has 18 lines, while a sonnet has 14.

What is the rhyme scheme?

1. ABCB
2. ABCD
3. ABAB
4. ABBA

How many syllables (lettergrepen) are there in each line?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 8
4. 10

What is the metre (rhytmic sequence of the syllables?)

1. 4 iambuses per line
2. 3 iambuses per line
3. 4 times unstressed / stressed
4. 2 times unstressed / stressed

What is the effect of the run-on line?

1. You should not stop, but continue reading.
2. You can have a short pause.
3. Attention is drawn to certain words.
4. It seems as if the poet is overwhelmed

How can you easily recognise a run-on line?

1. They never end with a punctuation mark.
2. Focus on the iambic rhythm.
3. The verb is missing.

Is line 1 the only run on line in this poem?

1. yes
2. no: line 3 is also a run-on line.
3. No: line 13 is also a run-on line.

How this (run-on line) called in Dutch?

 over a line-break. 

Enjambment or         run-on line 

What figure of speech is contained in line 2?

The night is perfect because? 

• It is a cloudless night and the skies are strewn with stars (association with Mrs Wilmot’s spangled black mourning dress).

 

mourning = rouw

Line 4 is different from the rest in terms of meter. 

What is the actual difference? What is the effect? 

• The first two words are not iambic. The emphasis is placed on the word meet. = trochee (stressed/unstressed)
• The word meet is therefore sharply stressed.

How is the daylight described in line 6? 

• As gaudy. The daylight is associated with something vulgar.
  
•  gaudy = bright / showy

What striking conclusion might one draw from lines 7 to 8?

• If the light and shade were not in such perfect harmony, then her beauty would have been affected; she would only have appeared half as pretty.

Which two aspects of her appearance are named specifically?

1. hair
2. nails
3. body
4. face

Stanza 2+3 are constructed in the same manner. What common structure do they share?

• The first four lines describe her appearance, and the last two her nature.

 

What is emphasised in the last two lines?

• The gentle glow on her face reflects a life of tranquillity and goodness. She is entirely innocent, and not cunning or wily (as many of the ladies in Byron’s circles were).
  

Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1772 - 1834

• Youngest son of a clergyman in Devon
  
• Not wealthy, especially after his father died.
  
• Bright pupil, studied at Cambridge
  
• Addicted to opium (and alcohol and women)
  
• Wrote The Lyrical Balads, together with Wordsworth, and thus started the Romantic Period
  
• The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
  
• Turbulent life: discharged from army, opium-addiction, bad health, bad relationship with his wife, financial problems, unable to hold a job.
  

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

De ballade van de oude zeeman

Ballade: lang, verhalend gedicht

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Passage 1

Assignments: Passage 1, page 25

1. How is the elderly sailor described in the fist stanza?

• He is described as having a long beard and glittering eye. Skinny hand and grey beard.
  

2. In which line do we learn that the wedding reception is being held close by?

•  Final line of the second stanza. The jolly revelry of the party is already audible.
  

Passage 1, page 25
3a. In which 2 ways does the mariner hold the wedding guest back?

1. with his foot
2. with his eyes
3. with his hand
4. with his shoulder

Passage 1, page 25
3b. Which is more effective?

1. with his hand
2. with his eyes

Assignment 3B explained:

3 B. His eyes are highly effective. He uses them to hypnotise the wedding guest. When the ancient mariner tries to apprehend the wedding guest with his hand, the latter becomes angry.

Assignments: Passage 1, page 25

4.Quote two lines which show that the wedding is hypnotised as it were: 

• He listens like a three years’ child 
• He cannot choose but hear

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Pasage 2

Assignments: Passage 2, page 25

5.What is the albatros compared with? 

•  As if it had been a Christian soul  

6. What effect did this have on the crew?

•  The crew were aware that the albatross was a creature sent by God.
• We hailed it in God’s name.

Passage 2, page 25
7. Why did the albatros follow the ship?

1. For food or play
2. To safe it from sinking.
3. Because it was lost and wants to find the mainland.
4. To kill all the sailors.

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Passage 3: no audio

Assignments: Passage 3, page 25

8 .What word is used remarkably frequently in these six lines?

• Weary: slopend / vermoeiend. 

Why would Coleridge do so?

• His frequent repetition lends the word great emphasis.  

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Passage 4

Assignments: Passage 4, page 25

9. What association does the ancient mariner experience each time a crew member dies?

• The whish of the crossbow (which killed the albatross!)  

Passage 4, page 25
10. How often does he experience this?

1. 5 times
2. 50 times
3. 100 times
4. 200 times

Passage 4, page 25
11. Is the death of each crew member accompanied by a sound or in silence?

1. in silence
2. with a groan

THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

Passage 5

Assignments: Passage 5, page 25

12. What happens when the ancient mariner is once again able to pray and can even bless the snakes?

• The albatross fell from his neck into the sea.

13. In which respect is this poem associated with the Middle Ages and in which with the 19th century?

As a ballad, this poem has a great affinity with the Middle Ages, while the voyage and all that occurs in the process are more closely related to the Romantic era. 

Furthermore nature naturally lies at the core of romanticism.