Ms. Bridges' AP English

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Part 4, Chapter 2 1. Who are Raskolnikov and Razumikhin going to meet? 2. What are the two of them discussing as they walk to their destination? 3. What word does Raskolnikov use that echoes Svidrigaylov’s conversation earlier? What does that word seem to imply about perception and reality? 4. What are Luzhin’s intentions or motives when he walks into the room at the beginning of the meeting? 5. What information (or gossip) does Luzhin give about Svidrigaylov? 6. What are the differing perceptions regarding Raskolnikov’s gift of money to Katerina? 7. Why did Dounia insist that Raskolnikov attend the meeting with Luzhin? 8. What does Luzhin begin to say about Dounia when it becomes clear that his meeting is not going well? 9. How does Dounia end the meeting? 10. Amazingly, what does Luzhin still think at the end of the meeting?

CRIME and PUNISHMENT PART 4; CHAPTER 3 1. What does Luzhin (Peter Petrovich) still hope will happen? 2. Why does Luzhin (Peter Petrovich) want to marry Dounia? 3. Whom does Luzhin (Peter Petrovich) blame for the unfortunate result of the meeting? But by whom is he most disturbed? 4. What does Razumikhin ask Raskolnikov to allow him to do? 5. What business idea does Razumikhin present to the family? 6. What lie did Razumikhin tell Raskolnikov a few weeks ago and for what purpose? What does the lie reveal about Razumikhin’s loyalty as a friend? 7. What startling and upsetting thing does Raskolnikov say to his mother and sister? 8. What important responsibility does Raskolnikov hand over to Razumikhin? 9. What unspoken knowledge is passed between Raskolnikov and Razumikhin?

CRIME and PUNISHMENT PART 4; CHAPTER 4 1. What is the predominant color of Sonia’s room? 2. Who did Sonia think she saw walking the streets earlier today? Who else has seen other people like this walking about? Why is Dostoevsky employing this motif? 3. Describe the state Katerina and her family have been in since Marmaladov’s death. 4. How does Raskolnikov torment Sonia? 5. What does Raskolnikov unexpectedly do? What does Sonia represent? What does Raskolnikov say to Sonia to explain his unexpected reaction? 6. According to Raskolnikov, what is Sonia’s greatest sin? 7. What does Raskolnikov suggest would be the better course for Sonia to do? What does her response seem to suggest? 8. Does Raskolnikov believe that Sonia’s position is fated or accidental? What three avenues does Raskolnikov believe are open to Sonia? Which one of the three avenues is the most likely? 9. Why is it ironic that Raskolnikov believes that Sonia must be insane to have made the decision she made? 10. ...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Part 4; Chapter 5 1. What surprises Raskolnikov as he is waiting for Porfiry to summon him? 2. What does Raskonikov conclude regarding the strange man who called him a murderer yesterday? What do you think is the truth? 3. What do you think the closed doors at the back of Porfiry's office might represent? Do you think this might carry the motif of spying? 4. Describe Porfiry's demeanor during the conference with Raskolnikov. What effect does this have on Raskolnikov? Do you think Porfiry is intentionally acting in a strange manner to unnerve Raskolnikov? 5. What lawyer's procedures (or psychological manipulation) is Raskolnikov indirectly accusing Porfiry of employing on him? 6. What are some rather interesting references Porfiry makes to the murder in his rambling conversation with Raskolnikov? What is he doing during the course of his conversation with Raskolnikov? Is he doing these rather bizarre things intentionally? If so, why is he ...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Part 4; Chapter 6 1. What or who is waiting behind the door in Porfiry's office? 2. What surprising turn of events occurs once the door is opened? 3. What observation does Porfiry make about Raskolnikov's physical state as he is about to go? 4. What is ironic about Porfiry's comment that Raskolnikov notices everything, including his (Porfiry's) manipulation of Nikolay? 5. Who suddenly visits Raskonikov in his shabby apartment? 6. What bizarre information does this visitor give Raskolnikov?

Biography of Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, who is better known as Mary Shelley, was the daughter of two of the most progressive thinkers of the 18th Century, philosopher William Godwin and feminist thinker Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary Shelley was born on August 30, 1797, in London, England five months after her parents' wedding. Shortly after her birth (some say two weeks, others say four weeks) her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft (who wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman”) developed complications from the delivery and died - unfortunately, not an uncommon tragedy for that time. William Godwin married a few years later, but Mary, in Cinderella fashion, had a difficult relationship with her stepmother. However, the home her father provided for her was filled with a constant stream of some of the greatest thinkers and writers of the day. Poets and thinkers such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge were frequent guests and they, along with her father’s extensive library, hel...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT PART 5; CHAPTER 1 1. What is bothering Peter Petrovich (Luzhin) this morning? 2. What did he regret not doing? 3. What is Peter Petrovich's relationship with Andrey Semenovich? Why is it important to Peter Petrovich to find out about the groups of progressives in Saint Petersburg? What can we determine about the kind of man Peter Petrovich is from his concerns? 4. How does Dostoevsky describe Andrey Semenovich? 5. What is Peter Petrovich doing during his conversation with Andrey Semenovich (Lebezyatnikov)? 6. What did Andrey Semenovich (Lebezyatkikov) do to Katerina about a month or so ago? 7. According to Lebezyatnikov, what is the natural state of women? 8. What does Peter Petrovich accuse Lebezyatnikov of doing to Sonia? How does Lebezyatnilov contradict the magnanimity of his words? What does he claim he was doing for Sonia? What do you think is the real story? 9. Who does Luzhin unexpectedly invite to join them upstairs? 10. How does Luzhin ...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Part 5; Chapter 2 1. What are some of the possible reasons for Katerina throwing the funeral wake for her husband? 2. What irritates Katerina about the lodgers who show up for the wake? 3. What tone does the narrator take in describing Katerina's personality? 4. What is the reason the major's widow and her daughter do not attend the wake? 5. Why do you suppose Katerina takes more offense at an insult leveled at Sonya than at herself? 6. Describe Katerina's behavior at the dinner. Why is she behaving this way? 7. Does the narrator ascribe pure motives, or motives devoid of selfish interests, to anyone at the party? 8. What new scheme does Katerina reveal at the dinner table? Why does she bring up this scheme? What does she produce to show that she is qualified to start up this scheme? 9. What do Katerina and the landlady, Amalia Ivanovna, begin to quarrel about? What does Amalia Ivanovna tell Katerina she must do immediately? 10. What insult b...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT PART 5; CHAPTER 3 1. What is Peter Petrovich's attitude when he walks into the wake? What story of Katerina's does he immediately disprove? 2. What does Peter Petrovich accuse Sonya of doing? 3. How does Katerina respond to the accusations? 4. What is hidden in Sonya's right hand pocket? 5. Who, surprisingly, comes to Sonya's defense and reveals the truth? 6. What actually did occur? 7. Why did Peter Petrovich lie? What was his motive in setting up Sonia? 8. Who throws a glass? At whom was the thrown glass intended? Whom does it hit? What is Amalia Ivanovna's reaction to the glass? 9. What is the sad conclusion to this scene?

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Part 5; Chapter 4 1. Who does Raskolnikov go to see? What is his purpose in seeing this person? 2. Why does he ask who should live - Luzhin or Katerina? What theory is he espousing? Why is he really asking that question? 3. When Raskolnikov confesses, Sonya does the same gesture as Lizaveta when Raskolnikov killed her. Why does Dostoevsky have Sonya echo or mirror Lizaveta? Why does the writer use this device? 4. What does Sonya say about the suffering of Raskolnikov? What does she promise Raskolnikov? 5. Yet, when Raskolnikov speaks, Sonya can hear the voice of a murderer. What does this reveal about the character of Raskolnikov? 6. Why does Raskolnikov confess? Why does he choose to confess to this particular person? 7. To whom does he compare himself in order to explain his murderous actions? 8. What is the main difference between Raskolnikov and the person to whom he compares himself? 9. What emotional weakness does Raskolnikov admit to? What is ...

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT PART 5; CHAPTER 5 1. Who unexpectedly pokes his head into Sonya’s room? What more unhappy news does he give to Sonya? 2. Where does Katerina go and what does she do? 3. Why does Katerina insist that the children speak and sing in French? 4. What is the problem with Lebezyatkikov’s reasoning regarding origins of mental illness? 5. What emotional state is Raskolnikov in when he returns to his flat? 6. What are Katerina and her children doing in the streets of St. Petersburg? 7. What happens to Katerina in the streets? 8. Why is a priest not sent for to give Katerina last rites? 9. The death of Katerina echoes or mirrors what earlier moment in Raskolnikov’s life? 10. Who steps forward in the end to help? What does the unexpected benefactor propose to do? 11. What chilling words are spoken to Raskolnikov and by whom? What does it immediately imply? 12. What does the death of Katerina imply about the Utilitarian Theory? 13. Who throws the Utilitarian Theory in Ras...

Crime and Punishment; Part 6, Chapter 1 1. Describe the mental and emotional state of Raskolnikov at this time in his life. 2. What is the fate of Katerina's children? Who is the surprising benefactor? 3. What does Svidrigailov mean when he tells Raskolnikov that all men need "Air! Air! Air!"? Do you think that he understands Raskolnikov? How does it relate to both him and to Raskolnikov? 4. What is Raskolnikov's attitude about death? How does he react to the reading of prayers for the dead over Katerina's body? 5. What are Raskolnikov's feelings regarding solitude? How does he feel when he is in solitude? How does he feel when he is surrounded by people? 6. What disquieting news does Razumikhan give to Raskolnikov? 7. What unwise decision is Razumikhin considering? And what does Raskkolnikov tell him to dissuade him from making that unwise decision? 8. After Razumikhin leaves Raskolnikov's flat, he pokes his head back and delivers a bomb shel...

MARCH 22, 2010 - MARCH 26, 2010 WEEKLY AGENDA FOR AP ENGLISH LITERATURE Monday, March 22nd: Go over writing strategies for William Blakes’ “Chimney Sweep” poems Go over the first forty-two pages of FRANKENSTEIN The next five chapters will be assigned along with the journals. Pass out The Romantic Poetry section Assignment: Read Lord Byron’s biography and his poems, “She Walks in Beauty” and “When We Two Parted”. Analyze the two poems according to soapstones, structure and imagery Tuesday, March 23rd: Shortened day Please bring your vocabulary book The next unit will be assigned. This unit will be due on April 5th. Multiple choice selection will be given. Please read the next five chapters of FRANKENSTEIN, along with writing your journals entries. Wednesday, March 24th: Participle and participial phrases handout will be given. This will be due on April 6th. Timed essay will be given today. For homework please read John Keats’ Biography and the poem, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”; look fo...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT PART 6, CHAPTER 2 1. What unnerving thing does Porfiry reveal to Raskolnikov? Why do you think he uses this ploy with Raskolnikov? 2. What important information does Porfiry give to Raskolnikov? 3. What are the circumstantial pieces of evidence Porfiry brings up to explain why he suspected Raskolnikov? Does he blame Raskolnikov for his suspecting him? 4. What two things does Porfiry have against Mikolka (or so he claims) that he doesn't have against Raskolnikov? 5. What does Porfiry proceed to do as he explains to Raskolnikov why he no longer suspects him? Why is it ironic? Why, do you think, Porfiry is proceeding in this matter? 6. According to Porfiry, what would Raskolnikov do if he were guilty? Did he do the thing Porfiry thought he would do? Did Raskolnikov fool Porfiry when he arrived at his office laughing and teasing Razumikhin? What is Porfiry doing? 7. Although there are many reasons to suspect Raskolnikov, what is the one thing Porfiry d...

The "Age of Reason" was in the 18th Century (the 1700's) and was marked by a small elite group of thinkers who extolled the intellect over emotion, and scientific inquiry over superstition. The Romantic Era (1780 - 1830) was one that represented a turning away from the entrenched, classicist, hierarchical structure of British Society. For those of you who read the American Jonathan Edward's hellfire and brimstone sermon entitled "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" you may remember that God was portrayed as an angry, vengeful father-figure who - regardless of what you did or didn't do - was perpetually angry at you. Edwards thundered from his pulpit that you could only seek salvation by assiduously attending to your thoughts and to your soul, and since you were only a sorry human being, that still might not be enough. If you read Arthur Millers' THE CRUCIBLE, you may remember that the church fathers in the English colonies in Massachusetts kept...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Part 6, Chapter 3 1. Where does Raskolnikov go after Porfiry leaves his flat? 2. What question is tormenting Raskolnikov? 3. What does Sonya represent? Is he ready for what Sonya has to offer? 4. What secret fear does he have about Svidrigaylov? 5. What is suggested in the opening scene in the tavern about Svidrigaylov and his power over people? 6. What interesting insights does Svidrigaylov offer about Raskolnikov? 7. What is the argument between Svidrigaylov and Raskolnkikov about debauchery? What is each man's position on the subject? 8. Why do you think Svidrigaylov is so uneasy about death? 9. What does the ghost of Marfa represent? 10. How are the two men alike? How are they different? 11. Why does Svidrigaylov ask Raskolnikov if he likes Schiller?

CRIME and Punishment Part 6; Chapter 4 1. What was the deal Svidrigaylov struck with his wife, Marfa? 2. What is some of the strange and disturbing gossip surrounding Svidrigaylov? 3. What does Svidrigaylov mean when he says that Parasha "burst into tears, raised a yell that could be heard all over the place and raised a scandal"? What role did he figure in the scandal? 4. What does Svidrigaylov reveal about himself when he tells Raskolnikov about his relationship with Advotya Romanovna (Dounia, Raskolnikov's sister)? 5. What next amorous adventure does Svidrigaylov have planned for himself? How would you describe the relationship Svidrigaylov has with the sixteen year old girl? Describe the young girl's parents. What eventual fate have he and Madame Resslich planned for this young girl? 6. What does Svidrigaylov mean when he says, "Every man considers himself, and that man has the gayest life who is most successful in deceiving himself." 7. What ...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Part 6, Chapter 5 1. What does Svidrigaylov mock Raskolnikov about? 2. What is the tone Svidrigaylov uses when he is discussing the titled lady and the money he has given her to take in Katerina's orphans? 3. Why made Svidrigaylov change his mind and get out of the cab? 4. What always seems to occur on bridges and near water in CRIME and PUNISHMENT? 5. How does Svidrigaylov consider other people? How does he use a "cheerful demeanor" and laughter to control others? 6. How does Svidrigaylov lure Dounia to his apartment? 7. According to Svidrigaylov, what were the motivations that led Raskolnikov to murder the pawnbroker? 8. What is the theory that Raskonikov created to justify his murder of the old pawnbroker? What now, according to Svidrigaylov, disturbs Raskolnikov about his commission of the crime? 9. What is the significance of Svidrigaylov sprinkling Dounia with water? 10. What does Svidrigaylov promise to do if Dounia gives herself ...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Part 6; Chapter 6 1. Describe Svidrigaylov's evening to the point where he visits Sonia. 2. Why do you think Kapernaumov's children flee from Svidrigaylov in "unaccountable terror". 3. Why does he visit Sonya? 4. Who does Svidrigaylov visit next and why? 5. What does the change in weather suggest in terms of the plot, the characters and the mood of the book? 6. What do you think Svidrigaylov is contemplating? 7. There are a great many references to water in this scene - Svidrigaylov's distaste of water, the river, the rain - what is the significance of this? 8. Despite Svidrigaylov's lonely melancholy, he laughs at strange moments. What insight into Svidrigaylov's soul does the laughter provide? 9. When Svidrigaylov crawls into bed he is plagued with symptoms which mirror the same symptoms as Raskolnikov had earlier. What are the symptoms and what do they symbolize? 10. Is there a mouse in Svidrigaylov's bed? 11. What f...

Analyzing a Poem: When analyzing a poem, look for: Contrasts in colors, movement, or other things that are obviously contrasting. In Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience there are contrasts of what? Look for startling examples of imagery or recurring incidents of metaphors or similes or personifications. Are there recurring incidences of animals or objects or other symbols? Assonance: repetition of vowel sounds Look for similarities: In shapes In usage In color In comparing and contrasting Blake's two poems on chimney sweeps, one from his Songs of Innocence, the other from His Songs of experiene, think about the following: Is there a similarity between the coffin and the chimney? How are they similar? What are the connotations of the coffin? What are the connotations of the chimney? What similarities are there between the two? Is there a contrast between the horrors of the waking world and the sleeping, dreaming world? How does Blake contrast the claustrophobic worl...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT PART 6, Chapter 7 1. Where is Raskolnikov going at the beginning of the scene? 2. What, do you think, Raskolnikov has made up his mind to do? 3. Do you believe Pulkheria's crying belies her words to Raskolnikov? Do you think she really believes what she is saying? Why or Why not? 4. How do Pulkheria's words show the difference in her expectations of her son's and daughter's duties to her? 5. What happens in the scene with Raskolnikov and his mother? 6. Give three examples of the motif of "eyes" and people observing Raskolnikov. 7. What is ironic about Raskolnikov saying that he had wandered around the Neva and thought about throwing himself in? What does this parallel? 8. As Dounia is questioning him what belief is Raskolnikov still clinging to? 9. According to Raskolnikov, why didn't the murder turn out the way he had planned? If it had worked, then what would have happened? 10. What was the emotion that motivated Rasko...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT PART 6, CHAPTER 8 1. Who are waiting for Raskolnikov in Sonia's flat? 2. What is one of the most beautiful images of Sonia's life? 3. What does Sonia give him? What does the gift symbolize? 4. Do you believe that Raskolnikov is truly repentant for the murders now? Why or why not? 5. The Haymarket is mentioned several times at important points in the book. What were the events and why is it significant now? 6. Describe Raskolnikov's attitude towards the people in the street. What does this reveal about Raskolnikov's inner emotional/mental state? 7. What instructions does Sonia give to Raskolnikov to do at the crossroads? What does he immediately feel when he does it? What are the reactions of the people who are at the crossroads? 8. Who is observing him on his journey? What does he now know in his heart? 9. What do the circumstances of Raskolnikov's first entrance into the police station seem to suggest about his importance in the...

 Themes to Explore in  Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN Taking into account the philosophy of the time, think about the role of the creator, Victor Frankenstein, with the role of a divine creator (God, if you) and how one might see the disastrous effects that occur when man attempts to usurp God’s perceived role as creator. You don't have to agree or disagree with the premise - just be aware of how a 19th Century reader may interpret Victor Frankenstein's wanderings onto the hallowed grounds of creation. Analyze the warning Mary Shelley implicitly gives regarding out of control scientific discovery and the havoc it may wreak in nature. Analyze the significance of the subtitle of Frankenstein and the symbol- ism of the Prometheus myth as it pertains to Victor and his creation of the monster. Consider Gothic literature and analyze how Shelley’s novel is a classic example of Gothic literature. Taking a feminist perspective, analyze the roles of nature an...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Epilogue Questions: 1. Where is Raskolnikov now? 2. How did he comport himself during the trial? Why is his ability to remember exact details ironic? 3. What did the magistrate and attorneys believe were the reasons for Raskolnikov's crimes? 4. What did the magistrate and attorneys find the most difficult to believe regarding Raskolnikov's actions? 5. What were the reasons Raskolnikov gave for his crime? 6. What were some of Raskolnikov's surprising and heroic acts that were cited by his character witnesses? 7. What were the mitigating factors considered by the judge in determining Raskolnikov's sentence? 8. What has happened to Pulkheria? How is her state similar in some ways to her son's? 9. What did Razumikhin and Dounia do? What are Razumikhin's plans? 10. What is Sonia's fate? 11. Describe the letters Sonia writes to Dounia and Razumikhin? What is remarkable about them? Why in the end do the letters turn out so effe...

CRIME and PUNISHMENT Epilogue 2 1. What is the idea that is tormenting Raskolnikov? 2. What are Raskolnikov's fellow convicts' opinions about Sonia? How does this contrast with their opinion about Raskolnikov? 3. What is the dream which plagues Raskolnikov? What is significant about this dream to Raskolnikov? 4. Why is it significant that Raskolnikov's illness and dream occur around Lent and Easter? 5. What realization hits Raskolnikov one spring morning while sitting on the banks with Sonia? 6. What has taken the place of logic in Raskolnikov's life?

MARCH 8th - MARCH 12th AP ENGLISH LITERATURE AGENDA Monday, March 8th: Go over the Elizabethan sonnets #29, 39, 71 and 116. A packet on the Petrarchan or Italian sonnet will be given to you which we will go over. A packet on “THE AGE OF REASON” will be given to you. Your assignment is to read and outline the articles. This outline will be due on Wednesday, March 10th. Tuesday, March 9th: Shortened day. Read Mary Wollstonecraft’s A VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN.
If we do not finish please finish for homework tonight and outline the rest of the excerpt. The outline will be due on Thursday, March 11th. Wednesday, March 10th: Grammar: Participles and Participial phrases handout which will be due on Friday, March 12th. Multiple choice questions on John Donne’s “On Superstition”. Read biography of Mary Shelley. Begin reading FRANKENSTEIN. Please read the first twenty pages of FRANKENSTEIN tonight for homework. As you read FRANKENSTEIN, please do the following...

The subtitle of FRANKENSTEIN is Prometheus Unbound. If you remember the myth, Prometheus stole fire from the gods to give to humanity. As punishment for his hubris, the gods chained Prometheus to a cliff where every day a vulture (in some versions it's an eagle) devours his liver which grows back over night. Day after day the vulture - or eagle - returns to claw and tear at Prometheus' liver. But because of his daring to challenge the gods' claim on fire, we humans have benefited from the fire's light, its warmth and its protection. Of course, the fire symbolizes knowledge and intelligence. Why do you think Mary Shelley gave her book this subtitle? Prometheus also created human creatures which he then animated with a divine spark, another act of sacrilege for which he was punished by the gods. There are also similarities to the story of Frankenstein and to the story of creation in Genesis. According to the Old Testament, Man lived in ignorance until he cha...

Notes for AP English Literature Sonnet 18 Volta is the turn in the sonnet. The volta occurs on line 9 and occurs on “But thy eternal summer shall not fade. 1. What aspects of a summer day are used in this comparison with the beloved? Are any of them favorable? More temperate means softer, gentler, in the middle Her (Beloved) She is lovelier than the summer She is more temperate Summer: It shakes the darling buds (it’s rough) It’s too short It’s too hot and bright And often is his gold complexion dimmed. SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS!!!!!!! And every fair from fair sometimes declines By chance of nature’s changing course untrimmed Fair means beauty This means the poem he wrote about her. Theme is a statement. The theme of Sonnet 18 is that Her beauty is of a time period but is still short. That anything can live on forever in writing. That the writer will live on forever in his/her works. Beauty is short lived and will die, but the physical beauty will achieve immortal...

SONG John Donne Stephanie, Adia and Daijanae Page 279 Speaker: John Dunne Occasion: Expressing heart break Audience: A male friend or a group of male groups Purpose: to explain how impossible it is to find a true, loyal woman Hyperbole: Catch a falling star; Ride ten thousand days and nights, etc. Personification: mandrake’s root Allusion: Teach me to hear the mermaid’s song (The Odyssey) Rhyme scheme: Go and catch a falling star A Get with child a mandrake root B Tell me where all past years are A Or who cleft the devil’s foot B Teach me to hear mermaid’s singing C Or to keep off envy’s stinging C And find d What wind d Serves to advance an honest mind d Mandrakes: they grow under the gallows where the murderers are executed. At midnight when they are pulled from the ground they scream like humans. Tone: Angry, Cynical, sexist Theme: There are no faithful women. The Volta (Italian for turn) occurs on line 21: Yet do not: I would not go Song, to Celia Ben Jonson Eliz...

The Bait Melissa Munoz and Yenory Chaves Based on Christopher Marlowe’s Shephard’s Carpe Diem poem It is a reply, a rebuttal and mimics the same pattern as Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love". What is the bait? The woman What or who is the fish? Conceit The Bait exactly echoes Marlowe’s poem Imagery foreshadows hooks Repetition of metallic imagery reminiscent of hooks. "That fish, that is not catched thereby, Alas, is wiser far than I." Do not be thrown off by the adjective clause "that is not catched thereby"; that fish is wiser than I. The fish is a metaphor for another man who is "wiser" than the speaker for not being seduced by the charms of the woman. Sonnet 10 John Donne Ariana and Adriana Begins with an apostrophe “Death, be not proud!” Speaker: Donne Occasion: To confront and defy death. Audience: Death Purpose: to tell Death that he will triumph over it. Tone: Mocking Personifies death; death is a slave to all these thi...

ROMANTIC POETS SYLLABUS Read the excerpt of “The Romantic Age” Read the bio of William Blake and the two poems, “The Lamb” and “The Tyger”. Packet on William Blake: Compare and Contrast Essay on two William Blake poems, “Chimney Sweep” Go over writing strategies for William Blakes’ “Chimney Sweep” poems Compare and contrast essay on the two poems “Chimney Sweep” Assignment: Read and discuss Lord Byron’s biography and his poems, “She Walks in Beauty” and “When We Two Parted”. Analyze the two poems according to soapstones, structure and imagery Assignment: Read Shelley’s biography Read “Ozymandias” and “1812” Read Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind” aloud Analyze structure and rhyme scheme Went over enjambment: definition and effect it creates. Discussion of enjambment, the caesura and the terza rima. Assigned for homework the worksheet on “Ode to the West Wind”. In class assignment the next day: Twenty minute warm-up: Analyze Shelley’s use of enjambment, caesura, meta...