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ffiffifrffi Worl< in pairs. Can you name any Romantic writers, What does the poet compare the daffodits with in:
artists or composers? Can you describe any of their work or (a) tines 7-10 (b) 11-13?
say why you lil<e or dislil<e it?
What is the poet's mood or moods in:
Read the text about Romanticism. Answer the questions. (a) tines 75-76 (b) tines t9-2O c) lines 23-24?
1 What did the Enlightenment (a) react against?( b) vatue?
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
2 What did the Romantic poets dislike about modern Iife? 1 ABCABC
3 How did Romantic artists differ from those who preceded 2 AABBCC 3 ABABCC
them? 4 ABABAB
ffi. Do you tike the poem? Give reasons.
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Romanticism was a movement in the arts which started in
the late eighteenth century and lasted for about 50 years. It
revolutionised the way people thought about the world.
In the eighteenth century the Enlightenment (or Age of
Reason') had emphasised the importance of knowledge
and reason, and had championed freedom ofthought over
despotism, medieval religion and superstition. It placed a
special value on science, invention and discovery and paved
the way for the Industrial Revolution at the end of the
eighteenth century.
Although in sympathy with many of the aims and
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achievements of the Enlightenment, poets like
I wandered [onely as a cloud
\Tordsworth reacted against industrialised urban life.
These Romantics, as they came to be known, stressed the That floats on high o'er valesr and hitls,
importance of 'nature' in contrast to the 'monstrous machines' When all at once I saw a crowd,
in the new cities. They placed a high value on emorions; A host, of gotden daffodils;
for \Tordsworth, poetry was 'the spontaneous overflow of Beside the [ake, beneath the trees,
powerful feelings'. \Thereas in the period before Romanticism Ftuttering and dancing in the breeze.
artists had often followed 'rules' and tried to create beautiful
works of art, the Romantics despised conventions and valued Continuous as the stars that shine
above all originaliry and imagination. The artist was a lonely And twinkle on the milky way,
figure, a talented 'genius', with a special mission in the world. They stretched in never-ending tine
He or she often shunned the company of others to be alone 10 Atong the margin2 of a bay:
nirh narure. Through rhe power of imaginarion and memory, Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
he or she was able to create works of arr which spoke directly Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
ro the reader and invited them to identify with the artist and
The waves beside them danced; but they
share his or her Feelings.
Out-did the sparkting waves in glee:
t5 A poet could not but be gay,
ln such a jocund company:
6b fnCO Read and listen to Wordsworth's poem Doffodils. I gazed-and gazed-but littte thought
Choose the best summary:
What weatth the show to me had brought:
1 The poet saw some daffodits but soon forgot them.
2 The poet saw some daffodits and tal(es great pteasure in For oft, when on my couch I lie
the memory. 20 ln vacant' or in pensive mood,
The poet didn't see reaI daffodits but created a beautifuI They flash upon that inward eye4
image of them in his imagination. Which is the btiss5 of sotitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fitts,
(b fnCn Read and listen again. ldentify parts of the poem And dances with the daffodits.
which show:
1 the poet atone with nature.
2 the poet spending time at home atone with his thoughts. Glossary lover vatleys 'edge rwithout thoughts
3 the importance of memory and imagination in quiet amind or imagination 5joy
moments.
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