English Literature 12

In case you don’t check your emails or they didn’t get through…..
big news–
Hannah Grace Nelson was born today, Easter Sunday at 1230 noon.
She weighs 8 pounds, and is amazingly cute!
I have pictures to prove it! ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesmatthew )
I am tired….going to bed.
Just wanted to tell you all!

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Hi everyone,
Just a reminder to read Arnold’s “Dover Beach” pg. 884 for Wednesday.
I hope you all have a great weekend, spend some time reflecting on what an awesome historical event this weekend marks, and spend some quality time with family.
Mr. N

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Thank you, Tamara, for these great notes!
Victorian Era has a different view on nature, because they see it as calyst, instead of putting themselves in it
dramatic monologue (title gives it away)
dramatic – tells a story
monologue – one person is talking
so therefore dramatic monologue is a person talking like a poem or story form
addresses somebody with [...]

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Today’s class was time spent in the sun.
We looked at Keats’ “When I have Fears…”
Some brief notes from discussion that stick in my head:

this poem seems really personal, and not out to change the world like some of Shelley or Byron’s works
the poet claims to be afraid of dying before getting out all his thoughts
this [...]

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Hi everyone,
Just wanted to say thank you to everyone for another great class!
I really enjoyed hearing some of your thoughts on the poem today.
I also felt like Lit. class was like an oasis – sitting working on writing poems about something that is important to me (yes, I am doing the assignment too!) and listening [...]

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Another day of Eng. Lit Class
Mr. N went to see Beowulf and Grendel (not recommended to see)
Keats:
25 at death
Byron, Shelley: born into upper class, more leisure time
born into working class
1818: 23 yrs. publishes first poem; crap-crapped by critics, poem not very good
brother died of tuberculosis, met light of life: Fanny Brown
24: writes a ton [...]

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