1. Practice Passage ID (from last class) “ My name is ------------, King of Kings, Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. ”

2. Practice Passage ID (from last class) “ My name is ------------, King of Kings, Look on my works, ye Mighty and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away. ”

5. For your stanza, answer the following: What is going on with the urn? What is going on with the speaker? What is the tone, mood, and message of the stanza? + (as always) any close reading points you notice about the form

6. What is an ODE? a lyric poem (meant to be sung) addressing a certain subject or object often written in elevated style What is EKPHRASIS? writing that describes or comments upon on a piece of art

7. Characteristics of Keats ’ poetry tension: a life of “sensation” vs. a life of thought tension: dream-state vs. life and reality rich, sensuous phrasing (almost Shakespearean) losing one’s identity in the contemplation of an object Joy! Ecstasy! Felicity! The seduction of art, language, and experience.

8. octave = 8 lines sestet = 6 lines 8 + 6 = 14 lines of a sonnet VOLTA = Italian for “turn” (a change of heart; change in direction )

9. seriously?

11. From Blackwood ’ s Edinburgh Magazine, 1818

12. What is a Cockney? someone born in East London a working-class Londoner one distinguished by a Cockney accent (dialect) My Fair Lady, 1961

13. How did the Romantic poets die? Work in groups of 3 or 4 (10 mins) 1: Create a timeline for the “Big 6” Romantic poets on our syllabus. What do you notice? You are the editor of an 1824 British newspaper. 2: Write a short obituary for Lord Byron. 3: Write a short obituary for Percy Shelley. 4: Write a short obituary for John Keats. Use colorful language!

14. Homework Purchase the Oxford World Classics edition of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations. Begin reading 3 chapters per night. Review your Romanticism notes and come ready to tackle some practice midterm IDs and to ask questions. We will cover Keats’ letters and do midterm review on Wednesday.