1. Alfred Lord Tennyson

2. Alfred Lord Tennyson 1809-1892

3. Background “The Lady of Shalott” – Tennyson used the King Arthur legends as a basis for the story Some critics believe the poem is a reflection of Tennyson’s own life as a poet (Starving artist idea)

4. Sir Lancelot

7. What was Camelot?  Camelot was the great castle of King Arthur. Camelot was the seat of power in Britain, where inside a council was established. Arthur and his knights who presided over the council were called Knights of the Round Table. Camelot symbolized the Golden Age of Chivalry.

8. Camelot

9. While reading:  With a highlighter, highlight all references to color  Underline examples of imagery (appealing to the senses)

10. Color Symbolism in Western Literature

11. Symbolism  Colors are symbolic of mood – dark to light to dark – Also reflects the highs and lows of the plot  2nd stanza – “Four gray walls, and four gray towers,”  18th stanza – “Dead-pale”

12. Analyze: Identify examples of the following  What type of poetry?  Rhyme Scheme for first two stanzas – Does it repeat in every stanza?  Assonance (at least 2 examples)  Alliteration (at least 2 examples)  Metaphor(s)? – Extended metaphor?  Personification  Imagery – colors, sounds etc.  Theme

13. Questions for thought  Is “The Lady of Shalott” a tragic poem?  Written in which verse?  What is unrequited love?

14. Theme  Write a one sentence summary summarizing the theme within “The Lady of Shalott.”  How is this like“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” and “The Peace of Wild Things?”  How is it different?

15. Other Symbolism  The island – isolation and loneliness “remote Shalott” (81).  The mirror – isolation The lady sees the world, but she cannot interact with it. “Shadows of the world appear” (48).

16. Extended Metaphor The term extended metaphor refers to a comparison between two unlike things that continues throughout a series of sentences in a paragraph or lines in a poem. It is often comprised of more than one sentence and sometimes consists of a full paragraph.metaphorcomparison

17. Extended Metaphor – example “Bobby Holloway says my imagination is a three-hundred-ring circus. Currently I was in ring two hundred and ninety-nine, with elephants dancing and clowns cart wheeling and tigers leaping through rings of fire. The time had come to step back, leave the main tent, go buy some popcorn and a Coke, bliss out, cool down.” (Dean Koontz, Seize the Night. Bantam, 1999)

18. SOS Summary  Statement  Opinion  Support STATEMENT: Tennyson’s use of symbolism shows he does not possess a feminist point of view.