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Course NameEnglish Poetry from

Romantics toModerns

Instructor Name

Dr. Ibrahim Elshinnawy

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The Romantic Movement in literatureis one of the most inuential literar!movements" #t covered the $rst half

of the nineteenth centur!% &ut it sinuence can still &e feltever!'here in literature" The (rench

Revolution 'ith its ideals of li&ert!%e)ualit! and fraternit! gave spar*to the Romantic Movement"


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"he main characteristics of RomanticPoetry

1-Romantic poetr! sho's a ne' faith in

man 'ith all his feelings% senses and allthe sides of his e,periences"

2-#t reected rational intellect as the onl!source of poetr! and stressed

imagination and intuition as thesupreme faculties of the poet"


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3-The poet of the Romantics 'as a manspea*ing to men% &ut he 'as endo'ed'ith some special insight into the natureof things"

+-/oetr! to the Romantics is an e,pressionof emotions inspired &! the feelings ofthe individual poet" The Romantic poet is

gifted 'ith a strong 0 organic sensi&ilit!"



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.-l Romantic literature is su&ective" #t isan e,pression of the inner urges of thesoul of the artist" #t reects the poetso'n thoughts and feelings more thanan!thing else"

-4ature to the Romantics is regarded assomething divine" #t is something reall!

living% something that has a soul andpurpose5 it can even share 'ith the poethis o!s and sorro's"



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6- common and recurrent theme inRomantic poetr! is man in solitude orman 'ith nature" The! &elieved that thenature of man is &est revealed 'hen heis in solitude or in communion 'ithnature"

7-The Romantic poetr! is anti- heroic in

the sense that the su&ect of this poetr!is common man% not heroes or men ofhigh ran*s" #t also uses the language ofordinar eo le"



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8-The Romantic is e,traordinaril! alive to the'onder % m!ster! and &eaut! of the universe"9e feels the presence of unseen po'ers innature" The supernatural has a special charm

for him5 he is attracted &! the stories offairies% ghosts and 'itchcraft"

1:-Romantic poetr! is individualistic5 it stressesmans individualit!" Man is usuall! presented

alone" Ever! poet has his o'n individualpersonalit! 'hich is rather di;erent from theothers"



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11-nother predominant feature of theRomantic poetr! is the sense ofnostalgia for the past"

12-To a Romantic poet% the period ofchildhood 'as ver! important" The childis nearer to nature than the gro'n- upman and he gains 'isdom from nature"

Thus he loses his4atural 'isdom" 0 The child is father of

the man



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13-The Romantic poet sees the 'orld throughthe e!es of a child" This is 'h! Romanticpoetr! 'as descri&ed as poetr! of 'onder"

1+-The Romantic poets 'ere greatl! a;ected &!=

-The #ndustrial Revolution 'hich causedchanges in societ! that the Romantic poetcould not cope 'ith" >o% he turned to naturefor escape and that is 'h! Romantic poets are

sometimes descri&ed as escapists ordreamers"

?-The (rench Revolution 'ith its principles offreedom% e)ualit! and fraternit!"



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English Romanticism is thus &oth a revoltand a revival= it is a revolt against 17thcentur! traditions and conventions= it isa revival of old English masters ofpoetr!"



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Literar! Terms

1-/ersoni$cation is giving inanimate

o&ects or a&stract ideas human)ualities or actions5 ma*ing non-humanthings appear as human"

2-Metaphor= a comparison &et'een t'o

o&ects for the purpose of descri&ing oneof them5 a metaphor states that the oneo&ect is the other"


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3- lliteration= close repetition ofconsonant sounds at the &eginning of'ords"

+- Diction= an authors choice and use of'ords5 his voca&ular!"

.- Epic= an e,tended narrative poem% 'ithheroic su&ect matter and theme% ande,alted tone"


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- Rh!me= the use of 'ords 'ith similarsounds in poetr!% usuall! &ut not al'a!sat the ends of lines"

6- >tanAa= a group of lines in a poemdivided o; from the others" Each stanAais usuall! the same num&er of lines in

length"


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Billiam ?la*e C16.6-1726The Little ?lac* ?o!

1 M! mother &ore me in thesouthern 'ild%

2 nd # am &lac*% &ut F m! soulis 'hite5

3 Bhite as an angel is the Englishchild%

+ ?ut # am &lac*% as if &ereavGd of


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. M! mother taught me underneath a tree% nd sitting do'n &efore the heat of da!%

6 >he too* me on her lap and *issed me%

7 nd pointing to the east% &egan to sa!=

8 HLoo* on the rising sun= there Iod does live%

1: nd gives his light% and gives his heat a'a!5

11 nd o'ers and trees and &easts and men

receive 12 Jomfort in morning% o! in the noonda!"


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13 nd 'e are put on earth a little space% 1+ That 'e ma! learn to &ear the &eams of love5

1. nd these &lac* &odies and this sun&urntface

1 #s &ut a cloud% and li*e a shad! grove"

16 (or 'hen our souls have learnGd the heat to&ear%

17 The cloud 'ill vanish5 'e shall hear his voice%

18 >a!ing= GJome out from the grove% m! loveand care%

2: nd round m! golden tent li*e lam&s reoice"GH


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21 Thus did m! mother sa!% and *issedme5

22 nd thus # sa! to little English &o!%

23 Bhen # from &lac* and he from 'hite

cloud free% 2+ nd round the tent of Iod li*e lam&s

'e o!%

2. #Gll shade him from the heat% till hecan &ear

2 To lean in o! upon our fatherGs *nee5


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Jommentar!This is one of the 0 >ongs of #nnocence


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-The #dea that to &e good needs an e;ort% andthose 'ho su;er more are thought to &ereligiousl! &etter"

?-The 4eo- /latonic idea that the soul is theessential of man5 the essenceCsoul ofman*ind is the same % &ut 'hat di;ers is their&odies in 'hich their souls are imprisoned"

nce it is set freeC &! the death of the &od! itgoes &ac* to its divine origin 'hich is Iod" The&od!% 'hether &lac* or 'hite% is a coloredcloud that 'ill disappear one da!% 'hile the


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"he Little $lac% $oySummary

&lac* child tells the stor! of ho' he came to*no' his o'n identit! and to *no' Iod" The

&o!% 'ho 'as &orn in 0the southern 'ild< offrica% $rst e,plains that though his s*in is&lac* his soul is as 'hite as that of an Englishchild" 9e relates ho' his loving mother taught

him a&out Iod 'ho lives in the East% 'hogives light and life to all creation and comfortand o! to men" 0Be are put on earth%< hismother sa!s% to learn to accept Iods love"
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9e is told that his &lac* s*in 0is &ut a cloud< that'ill &e dissipated 'hen his soul meets Iod inheaven" The &lac* &o! passes on this lesson toan English child% e,plaining that his 'hite s*in

is li*e'ise a cloud" 9e vo's that 'hen the!are &oth free of their &odies and delighting inthe presence of Iod% he 'ill shade his 'hitefriend until he% too% learns to &ear the heat ofIods love" Then% the &lac* &o! sa!s% he 'ill&e li*e the English &o!% and the English &o!'ill love him"


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