The Romantic Period (1789-1832)
In this space, sum up the British Romantic Period in a paragraph of no fewer than 150 words, based on information from the Glencoe Video linked from the assignments sheet and any other source you use. Put it in your own words and give credit to all information sources. Make sure your image source is in MLA format. Video Source: Literature Launchers. "The Triumph of Romanticism." DVD. Glencoe 2012. |
The Victorian Period (1832-1900)
In this space, sum up the Victorian period in Britain in a paragraph of no fewer than 150 words, based on information from the Glencoe Video linked from the assignments sheet and any other source you choose. Put it in your own words and give credit to all information sources you use. Video Source: Literature Launchers. "The Victorian Age." DVD. Glencoe 2012. |
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It must be completely annotated in terms of SOAPS, mood tone, attitude tone, rhetorical devices (imagery, metaphor, simile, irony, etc), concepts, and theme.
An Analysis of Thomas Hardy’s
“The Darkling Thrush” by John Q. Student, template by E. Everett Poems in English literature, particularly those from the Romantic Age, contain a variety of heavily-used rhetorical devices in order to convey the meaning intended by the author. In Hardy’s “The Darkling Thrush,” for instance, the reader finds a number of devices that aid in conveying the tone and, ultimately, the theme of this poem. Concepts such as death, isolation, hope, and despair pervade the poem in the poet’s attempt to convey the theme that even the tiniest bit of hope can bring joy to a seemingly hopeless situation.
To begin to understand a poem, one must deal with the basics. These involve knowing general information about the speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, and subject. The speaker of “The Darkling Thrush” reveals himself (or herself) to be a man “leaning on a coppice gate” looking into a group of trees. The occasion is winter, and the time is early nightfall. The speaker’s audience does not seem to be anyone in particular and his/her purpose involves depicting a scene. The thrush, a half-dead bird in “blast-beruffled plume” acts as the subject of the poem. To paraphrase the events of the poem, one might say that an observer in the dark winter cold hears a beautiful bird singing in a group of trees and sees an old, half-dead thrush chirping joyfully, despite the bleak surroundings. In terms of tone, the poem begins with a dreary or despairing mood or atmosphere but ends up positive and hopeful. Some diction that suggests this involves the speaker first using the words “dregs,” “desolate,” “fervourless,” and “gloom,” but then later in the poem by employing words like “joy,” “ecstatic,” “happy,” “blessed,” and hope, the speaker reveals a more positive tone by the end. This suggests that the bird has changed the entire atmosphere of the surroundings and given hope to the speaker in the midst of the bleakest part of winter. The speaker’s attitude also becomes apparent in the poem. The speaker’s tone first reveals a despondent attitude with the use of the word “fervourless,” but his/her attitude becomes positive with the use of diction like “happy” and “blessed.” The three most significant rhetorical devices that the poet uses to convey the theme in the poem involve the use of imagery, personification, and symbolism. The poet uses imagery to help the reader get a sense of the cold, empty surroundings with words and phrases like “spectre-grey” and “shrunken hard and dry.” S/he also uses personification as a way of giving human qualities to nature, specifically with phrases like “the eye of day,” “flung his soul” and “his crypt,” referring to the “Century’s corpse.” Finally, the poet uses symbolism to give deeper meaning to the poem by having the thrush represent hope. Thus, the devices used by the author give the reader the idea that man can find hope in the midst of despair, particularly in nature. Essentially, this poem is about finding hope where it does not seem to exist. To create this meaning, the author uses numerous devices of rhetoric and the effects of tone to create an atmosphere that changes from despairing to hopeful. As a result, we can see how the use of rhetorical devices and tone give meaning to poetry and other forms of literature. |
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