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Essay I have uploaded part 1 and part 2 of details for essay. I have also uploaded lectures notes 4-7 which can be use in essay stated from details in part 1 and part 2ENG 272 ESSAY ASSIGNMENT-Part I 1. Essay Topic · Review the following Characteristics of Romanticism from Lecture 4 AND choose 3 characteristics as the basis of your essay: · predominance of the imagination - over reason and formal rules  · love of nature - the most important being that nature is the living garment of God · interest in the past - especially the Medieval period · individualism - a reaction against whatever characterized Neo-Classicism · individualism - encouragement of revolutionary political ideas · interest in the common man and human rights · sympathy with animal life and children · interest in the idea of democracy · preference for the simplicity of natural scenery to modern industrialized life · Identify an assigned poem that illustrates each of the 3 characteristics you choose. · Use only these sources: Lectures 4-7: assigned poets and poems. · Message me any questions you have about your proposed topic at least 3 days before the essay is due. 2. Organization and Development of 5-Paragraph Essay: · Paragraph #1 – Introductory Paragraph · Introduce your topic with no more than 2 sentences. · Specify in sentence 2 (thesis statement) the three characteristics (main points) which you will address in your essay. This 3-point thesis names the 3 characteristics of Romanticism that you will discuss through selections of assigned poetry. · Paragraph #2 – Main Point 1 (Body 1) Paragraph · Begin this paragraph with a topic sentence about the first characteristic (main point) named in the thesis. Sentence 1 is a topic sentence that names the first characteristic of Romanticism named in the thesis AND the poem you will discuss in main point 1 (body 1) paragraph. · Develop this topic sentence with 3-5 sentences of support. · Paragraph #3 – Main Point 2 (Body 2) Paragraph · Begin this paragraph with a topic sentence about the second characteristic (main point) named in the thesis. Sentence 1 is a topic sentence that names the second characteristic of Romanticism named in the thesis AND the poem you will discuss in main point 2 (body 2) paragraph. · Develop this topic sentence with 3-5 sentences of support. · Paragraph #4 – Main Point 3 (Body 3) Paragraph · Begin this paragraph with a topic sentence about the third characteristic (main point) named in the thesis. Sentence 1 is a topic sentence that names the third characteristic of Romanticism named in the thesis AND the poem you will discuss in main point 3 (body 3) paragraph. · Develop this topic sentence with 3-5 sentences of support. · Paragraph #5 – Concluding Paragraph · The first sentence of this paragraph is the summary statement. It must rename the three characteristics of Romanticism, in the order presented, and refer to the poets and/or poetry discussed. · The last sentence should be a related closing thought; do no mention any new information. · Limit this paragraph to more than two sentences. 3. Format: · Microsoft Word only · Double spacing throTOPIC SELECTION As the part one of this assignment explains, your essay topic focuses on characteristics of Romanticism as they relate to assigned poetry. Please use the following information as you plan and develop your essay. First, you should review the Characteristics of Romanticism (excerpt Lecture 4): · predominance of the imagination - over reason and formal rules  · love of nature - the most important being that nature is the living garment of God · interest in the past - especially the Medieval period · individualism - a reaction against whatever characterized Neo-Classicism · individualism - encouragement of revolutionary political ideas · interest in the common man and human rights · sympathy with animal life and children · interest in the idea of democracy · preference for the simplicity of natural scenery to modern industrialized life Second, you should identify (1) the characteristic(s) of Romanticism you plan to develop in the essay AND (2) the specific poem(s) you will use as illustration(s). Third, you should identify which one of these options you will use to organize your essay: · 3 characteristics of Romanticism found in 3 different poems by 3 different poets · 3 characteristics of Romanticism found in 3 different poems by the same poet · 1 characteristic of Romanticism found in 3 different poems by 3 different poets · 1 characteristic of Romanticism found in 3 different poem by the same poet Fourth, you should review carefully the following information about key statements. Key statements are an extremely important part of clear essay organization. KEY STATEMENTS 5 Key Statements Defined 1. One Thesis Statement The thesis statement is the last sentence in the introductory paragraph. It is one sentence that must name the characteristic(s) of Romanticism you will discuss AND may name the poem title(s) or name(s) of poet(s). See the following sample thesis statement, with the 3 characteristics of Romanticism to be discussed highlighted. Sample Thesis: Romanticism, a reaction against the strict rules and order of the Neo-Classical Ages, often focuses on the simplicity and beauty of nature, an interest in the common man, and revolutionary political ideas. 2. Three Main Point Statements (Topic Sentences) Each main point statement is the first sentence of each body paragraph. A main point statement must name (1) an assigned poem and (2) the characteristic of Romanticism to be developed. Sample Main Point Statements (Topic Sentences): · Main Point 1 Statement: Wordsworth’s “Ode on Intimations of Immortality” focuses on the simplicity and beauty of nature. · Main Point 2: Blake’s “The Little Black Boy” focuses on interest in the equality of the common man. · Main Point 3: Blake’s “The Chimney Sweeper” focuses on a revolutionary political idea concerning the need for child labor laws. 3. One Summary Statement A summary statement is the first sentence in the conclusion paragraph. It must recap (rLecture Notes 4 Romanticism Defined Romanticism was a movement of the 18th and 19th centuries that marked the reaction in literature, philosophy, art, religion, and politics from the neoclassicism and formality of the 17th century. It may be defined as “liberalism in literature”, meaning especially the freeing of the artist and writer from restraints and rules and suggesting that phase of individualism marked by the encouragement of revolutionary political ideas. Romanticism is the predominance of the imagination over reason and formal rules. Among the aspects of the romantic movement in English literature, we will focus on the following: predominance of the imagination over reason and formal rules love of nature - the most important being that nature is the living garment of God preference for the simplicity of natural scenery to modern industrialized life interest in the past, especially the Medieval period individualism, a reaction against whatever characterized Neo-Classicism encouragement of revolutionary political ideas interest in the common man and human rights sympathy with animal life and children interest in the idea of democracy The Romantic movement in English poetry is said to have begun in 1798 with the publication of The Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge. In this course we will examine the poetry of 5 major English romantic poets: Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats. William Blake’s Poetry In 1789 William Blake published his Songs of Innocence. These were poetic songs, printed in colored letters accompanied by decorative pictures intermingling with the text and hand painted by Blake himself. The environment of the Songs of Innocence is one of harmony, and Nature is undisturbed in her feminine role of tending to the needs of children. The world of childhood is an imaginative existence that is sympathetic and reassuring. The Songs of Innocence - 4 Poems - Poem 1: “Introduction to Songs of Innocence” The “Introduction” to the Songs of Innocence is perhaps the single most perfect lyric ever written by Blake. It anticipates the poet’s intent to write songs that “Every child may joy to hear.” His very inspiration has come from a child situated upon a cloud who has at first requested, “Pipe a song about a Lamb,” then repeated, “Piper, sit thee down and write in a book that all may read.” The poet at the child’s wish has devoted himself to writing for “every child” in a book that all may read. Link to poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43667/introduction-to-the-songs-of-innocence (Links to an external site.) Link to analysis of poem: https://www.gradesaver.com/songs-of-innocence-and-of-experience/study-guide/summary-introduction-songs-of-innocence (Links to an external site.) Poem 2: “The Lamb” An important poem in the group, “The Lamb” deals with the figure of Jesus and is typical of Blake’s enthusiastic acceptance of New Testament Lecture Notes 5 - 4 Poems by Wordsworth - Poem 1: “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” Notes: Although the Romantic poets hated city life, this description of t he city of London is a positive one. Notice the simile: “The city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning.” The poet is describing the beauty of London on an early morning as he looks across the skyline. The buildings seem majestic, the air is smokeless, and the whole scene is one of splendor to the poet. The river (Thames River runs through the center of London) glides at its own will because the daily routine of business has not begun yet; barges and ships have not started their daily pollution of the river. This entire experience is an up-lifting one to the poet, again because it’s early morning and the hustle and bustle of big city life have not started. Note that this poem is in the sonnet format. Poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45514/composed-upon-westminster-bridge-september-3-1802 (Links to an external site.) Link to poem analysis: https://www.gradesaver.com/wordsworths-poetical-works/study-guide/summary-composed-upon-westminster-bridge (Links to an external site.) Poem 2: “The World is Too Much With Us” Lecture Notes: This Wordsworth poem is also in the sonnet format and takes on a more pessimistic view as compared to the previous poem. The poet sees man as having misplaced values. Man is too concerned about things that don’t really matter and has neglected the beauties that nature has to offer. Man seems to be more concerned with “getting and spending”. The Romantics felt that the past was superior to the present because man was closer to nature in the past. The poet refers to Proteus (an old man of the sea who could change shapes) and Triton (a sea god who blew a conch shell). These references to the mythological past indicate that the poet wishes for a time better than the present, a time like the past when man regarded nature as the ideal. Link to poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45564/the-world-is-too-much-with-us (Links to an external site.) Link to analysis of poem: https://www.gradesaver.com/wordsworths-poetical-works/study-guide/summary-the-world-is-too-much-with-us (Links to an external site.) Poem 3: “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” Link to poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45527/lines-composed-a-few-miles-above-tintern-abbey-on-revisiting-the-banks-of-the-wye-during-a-tour-july-13-1798 (Links to an external site.) Link to analysis of poem: http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/wordsworth/section1.html (Links to an external site.) Poem 4: “Ode on Intimations of Immortality” Lecture notes: In the first stanza, the speaker says that there was a time when all of nature seemed dreamlike to him, “appareled in celestial light,” and that that time is past; “the things I have seen I can see no more.” In the second stanza, he says that he still sees the rainbow, and thaLecture Notes 6 “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Coleridge was an opium addict, and one night while reading about travels in foreign lands in a book by Samuel Purchas entitled The Pilgrimage, the poet fell asleep and had a vivid dream about the place he was reading about in the book. Upon awakening, he composed this poem which is based on his dream. He was interrupted, however, by a visitor, and when the visitor left, Coleridge could not remember the rest of his dream. Although this poem is fragmentary, it is considered one of the outstanding examples of romantic poetry. Be sure to visit each of the three links listed in the assignment. The first link includes the poem and the second two links include the lecture notes on this poem. Kubla Khan online study guides: http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/coleridge/section5.rhtml (Links to an external site.) http://www.gradesaver.com/coleridges-poems/study-guide/summary-kubla-khan-1798 (Links to an external site.) Kubla Khan poem: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173247 (Links to an external site.)Lecture Notes 7 THE POEM: Ode to the West Wind Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 - 1822 I O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being, Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing, Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The wingèd seeds, where they lie cold and low, Each like a corpse within its grave, until Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow Her clarion o’er the dreaming earth, and fill (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air) With living hues and odours plain and hill: Wild Spirit, which art moving everywhere; Destroyer and Preserver; hear, O hear! II Thou on whose stream, ‘mid the steep sky’s commotion, Loose clouds like Earth’s decaying leaves are shed, Shook from the tangled boughs of Heaven and Ocean, Angels of rain and lightning: there are spread On the blue surface of thine airy surge, Like the bright hair uplifted from the head Of some fierce Maenad, even from the dim verge Of the horizon to the zenith’s height, The locks of the approaching storm. Thou dirge Of the dying year, to which this closing night Will be the dome of a vast sepulchre Vaulted with all thy congregated might Of vapours, from whose solid atmosphere Black rain, and fire, and hail will burst: O hear! III Thou who didst waken from his summer dreams The blue Mediterranean, where he lay, Lulled by the coil of his crystalline streams, Beside a pumice isle in Baiae’s bay, And saw in sleep old palaces and towers Quivering within the wave’s intenser day, All overgrown with azure moss and flowers So sweet, the sense faints picturing them! Thou For whose path the Atlantic’s level powers Cleave themselves into chasms, while far below The sea-blooms and the oozy woods which wear The sapless foliage of the ocean, know Thy voice, and suddenly grow grey with fear, And tremble and despoil themselves: O hear! IV If I were a dead leaf thou mightest bear; If I were a swift cloud to fly with thee; A wave to pant beneath thy power, and share The impulse of thy strength, only less free Than thou, O Uncontrollable! If even I were as in my boyhood, and could be The comrade of thy wanderings over Heaven, As then, when to outstrip thy skiey speed Scarce seemed a vision; I would ne’er have striven As thus with thee in prayer in my sore need. Oh! lift me as a wave, a leaf, a cloud! I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed! A heavy weight of hours has chained and bowed One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud. V Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is: What if my leaves are falling like its own! The tumult of thy mighty harmonies Will take from both a deep, autumnal tone, Sweet though in sadness. Be thou, Spirit fierce, My spirit! Be thou me, impetuous one! Drive my dead thoughts over the universe Like withered leaves to quicken a new birth! And, by the incantation of this verse, Scatter, as from an unextinguishe