English Literature 12

I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed class today. Not the quiz stuff…that was business.
Reading Byron’s “Apostrophe…” was like riding a big wave or going to church (insert appropriate simile here). It was amazing and outstanding and I really enjoyed hearing your summaries of each stanza!
The outcome of this sublime class: that essay [...]

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Thanks, Ango for taking these notes. She did them in many colours, which was really cool, but it doesn’t show up on the blog. Sorry.
(A stanza by stanza summary- one done by each of you!)
Apostrophe to the Ocean–George Gordon, by Lord Byron
1. Something special about going where there aren’t any people; solitude, being in [...]

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Thanks to Tamara for taking these extensive notes in class!
“The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
from page 686
1.going to a wedding ~~~~> mariner stops someone ~~~~> and tells a story
2.on a ship ~~~~> storm ~~~~> stuck in the ice somewhere in the south pole
3.Albatross arrives ~~~~> things get better ~~~~> then [...]

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Hi everyone,
I hope you enjoyed the house team activities today as a relaxing alternative to Literature class!
Don’t worry about the quiz, we will do that when you return from spring break.
Remember that your assignment for spring break is as follows:
1. Have fun and relax! Spend time with your friends and family…enjoy life!
2. Read [...]

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Hi everyone,
Remember to read:
Wordsworth’s “The World is Too Much With Us” pg. 675
and “My Heart Leaps Up” (from your photocopy handout)
For Wednesday.
We will have a short (10 question) quiz on Wednesday that will cover literary selections (identifying quotes) and terms.
Only a few more days until Spring Break!!

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Thanks, Ben.
The Lamb:
- Blake talks about the lamb and how peaceful it is
- Blake goes on to compare the lamb to Jesus who was called “The Lamb of God”
- The poem uses apostrophe when Blake asks the lamb questions; he then answers himself
- Blake suggests that nature and man are equivalent in a way
- This [...]

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analysis on page 626 on the poem “To a Mouse on the turning her up in her nest with the plow, november, 1785 by Robert Burns”
Burns was born into a farming family who was poor
this time period for literature was spontaneous and filled with emotion
a time of thinking and reflection, a pastoral time
when he wrote [...]

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Check out the following link to Wikipedia’s entry on Swift’s “Modest Proposal”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
As mentioned in class, I will provide you with copies of the paragraphs omitted from your version of “A Modest Proposal.”

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A big thank you to Ango for taking notes during this long and arduous class!
Here they are:
Thanks Again!
Romantic Period Mar. 1/06
-after Enlightenment era (Aha!!)
-science/order/proof
-reason (rebellion= spontaneous overflow of emotions)
(Rebellion stage–reaction against former stage to gain independence)
-sublime–> Nature, experience (pastoral poetry),
: moment of clarity, inspiration or awe
-rebellion against authority
-Rape of the Lock: made fun of high society/ruling [...]

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