English Literature 12

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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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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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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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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