1. Heading – Poetry 4
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(Do not write)Every poetry answer should have the words ‘we see...’ in it.
(Note this before warm-up)
The three ‘dominant’ images here are:
The Sunset going into the Sea,
and the Daughter with her “inner shrine”.
What is your favourite image and why?
In your answer, use the phrase ‘it reminds me of...’

2. This is a sonnet (14 lines long) written about the poet’s daughter.
Form
This is a sonnet (14 lines long) written about the poet’s daughter.
In the first 8 lines, the ‘Octave’, the poet looks at and listens to nature with joy.
In the next 6 lines, the ‘sestet’, the poet then speaks to his daughter.
(Do not write this part down) – your opinion of the poem is the most important thing in this course. The language of the poem is indeed difficult so why not say so, but in a positive way.
(Note this) Wordsworth uses very old and very religious language, which is very impressive. I especially like the line....
List the words that you consider old, ancient, no longer used today. Separately, list any words you consider religious.

3. Rhyme You can always talk about the rhyme.
"IT IS A BEAUTEOUS EVENING, CALM AND FREE"
By William Wordsworth
IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free,
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
Is sinking down in its tranquility;
The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea:
Listen! the mighty Being is awake,
And doth with his eternal motion make
A sound like thunder--everlastingly.
Dear Child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here,
If thou appear untouched by solemn thought,
Thy nature is not therefore less divine:
Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year;
And worship'st at the Temple's inner shrine,
God being with thee when we know it not.
You can always talk about the rhyme. A B
The rhyming scheme shows organisation and harmony.
Wordsworth believed nature to be ordered and in harmony.
The innocent child is in harmony with nature. C D E

4. Images again
There are two similes here (Like or As). Can you first find them. DO NOT SHOUT OUT the answer.
“The holy time is quiet as a Nun”
A sunset and a nun are quiet for the same reason. (why?)
Similes are used to compare two things so as to help us understand what something is like.

5. Themes
Nature: Answers to life's big questions can be found in nature. The poet believes that “heaven broods o'er the Sea”. The sunset is a time when heaven touches the earth.
Love: The poet praises his daughter who he loves. Unlike him, she does not have to have a “solemn thought” to be connected to God. She is naturally pure and divine.

6. Question
Would you now COMPARE and CONTRAST the two Wordsworth poems we have examined.
What have they in common? How are they different?
Here are some words which may inspire you:
Form, language, images, rhyme, theme, purpose, nature, love, death, similes, feelings, what you think.

7. What did you think of Wordsworth?
Homework
We’re moving on to another poet next time so answer this question in two or three sentences.
What did you think of Wordsworth?

8. "IT IS A BEAUTEOUS EVENING, CALM AND FREE" By William Wordsworth
The holy time is quiet as a Nun
Breathless with adoration; the broad sun
Is sinking down in its tranquillity;
The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea:
Listen! the mighty Being is awake,
And doth with his eternal motion make
A sound like thunder--everlastingly.
Dear Child! dear Girl! that walkest with me here,
If thou appear untouched by solemn thought,
Thy nature is not therefore less divine:
Thou liest in Abraham's bosom all the year;
And worship'st at the Temple's inner shrine,
God being with thee when we know it not.

9. Reflection
I think...
I like...
I want to know...