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Lesson 13 The Romantics

This lesson focuses on the research of five Romantic poets: William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Blake. Students are guided to explore the biographical and historical contexts that influenced each poet's work, as well as the themes and ideas present in their poems. The lesson emphasizes the importance of using reliable academic sources for a deeper understanding of the poets' perspectives and the Romantic movement.

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Lesson 13 The Romantics

This lesson focuses on the research of five Romantic poets: William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and William Blake. Students are guided to explore the biographical and historical contexts that influenced each poet's work, as well as the themes and ideas present in their poems. The lesson emphasizes the importance of using reliable academic sources for a deeper understanding of the poets' perspectives and the Romantic movement.

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Lesson 13: The Romantics

Instructions:
You will have one lesson to complete research on the five Romantic poets listed below. Use the guiding questions
provided to help you focus on relevant contextual information that will support your understanding of their poems.
Your goal is to connect biographical and historical context with the ideas, imagery, and tone present in each poem.

Use reliable academic sources such as encyclopaedias, literature databases, and educational websites.

Write your responses here:

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1. William Wordsworth – I Wandered Lonely as a
5. ✏️
Cloud
Focus: Nature, memory, emotional reflection, simplicity of
language
Guiding Questions:
1. What was Wordsworth’s relationship with nature,
and how did this influence his poetry?

2. How did the French Revolution and its aftermath


shape his political and poetic outlook?

3. What is the significance of the Lake District in


Wordsworth’s life and writing?

4. What was the purpose of the Lyrical Ballads (co-


written with Coleridge), and how did it change
English poetry?

5. How does Wordsworth’s belief in the power of the 📚Add your bibliography to the websites you used:
imagination and memory shape I Wandered Lonely
as a Cloud?

Write your responses here:

👠💃 6. ✏️
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2. Lord Byron – She Walks in Beauty
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Focus: Aesthetic beauty, idealised femininity, inner virtue, 📚Add your bibliography to the websites you used:
restrained passion
Guiding Questions:
6. How did Byron’s public persona and reputation as a
scandalous figure influence his poetry?

7. What were Byron’s views on love, beauty, and


morality, and how do they appear in this poem?

8. What is the significance of Byron’s noble background


and political activism (e.g. involvement in the Greek
War of Independence)?

9. What did Byron value in Romantic art and poetry,


and how does She Walks in Beauty reflect these
values?

10. How does the poem reflect the Romantic idealisation


of the individual and the mysterious?

Write your responses here:

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3. John Keats – When I Have Fears That I May
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Cease to Be
Focus: Mortality, artistic ambition, romantic longing,
transience
Guiding Questions:
11. How did illness and early personal loss shape Keats’
view of mortality?

12. What were Keats’ ambitions as a poet, and how did


he view fame and creative legacy?

13. What is the significance of Keats’ relationship with


Fanny Brawne in the context of this poem?

14. How does Keats’ concept of Negative Capability (the


idea of embracing uncertainty and mystery) help us
interpret this poem? 📚Add your bibliography to the websites you used:
15. How does Keats respond to the broader themes of
Romanticism, such as beauty, emotion, and time?
Write your responses here:

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4. Percy Bysshe Shelley – Ozymandias
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Focus: Transience of power, irony, political critique, legacy
Guiding Questions:
15. What were Shelley’s political beliefs, and how did
they challenge the dominant ideas of his time?

16. What events or rulers (e.g. Napoleon, monarchy)


might Shelley be commenting on through
Ozymandias?

17. What was Shelley’s relationship to organised religion


and traditional authority?

18. How did Shelley’s travels and classical education


influence his poetry?
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19. How does Shelley use irony and structure to critique
the human desire for immortality and power?

Write your responses here:

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5. William Blake – The Tyger
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Focus: Duality of creation, awe and fear, religious
questioning, the sublime
Guiding Questions:
21. What were Blake’s religious views, and how did they
challenge conventional Christian beliefs?

22. What is the significance of Blake’s Songs of Innocence


and Experience as companion texts?

📚Add your bibliography to the websites you used:

📝 Extension (if time allows):


Choose one of the following:
● Find a quote from each poet (not from the poem studied) that gives insight into their worldview or artistic
philosophy.
● Create a comparative table summarising the main values and themes in each poet’s work.

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