1. Victorian British Poetry Beth Nguyen 1A

2. Background 1837 to 1901  Queen Victoria Influenced by Romantic period Two groups: ◦ High Victorian ◦ Pre-Raphaelites  Brotherhood focused on the art movement during the 19 th century

3. Unifying Principles Less romantic; more about nature Period of economic, political, and social change Conflict between religion and scientific knowledge

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson American poet and transcendentalist leader “The American Scholar” lecture Poems include “Concord Hymn” and “The Rhodora”

5. Lord Alfred Tennyson Similar poetry style to Lord Byron Appointed Poet Laureate by Queen Victoria in 1850 Poetry reflects moral values Published Poems, Chiefly Lyrical and two volumes of Poems Wrote “In Memoriam” for deceased friend, Arthur Hallam

6. Robert Browning Published “Pauline” and “Sordello” Known for use of diction, symbol, and rhythm Influenced Robert Frost and T.S. Eliot Married Elizabeth Barrett ◦ Inspired “Men and Women” Published “The Ring and the Book,” “Dramatis Personae” and “Asolando”

7. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Published translation of “Prometheus Bound” Wrote The Seraphim and Other Poems and “The Cry of Children” Dedicated Sonnets from the Portuguese to husband Showed support for unification for Italy in Casa Guidi Windows and Poems Before Congress

8. Emily Bronte Well known for Wuthering Heights Traveled to Belgium with sisters in 1842 ◦ Studied German, French and literature Poems: “A Daydream,” “Last Words,” and “No Coward Soul is Mine”

9. Lewis Carroll Combined mathematics and writing in An Elementary Treatise on Determinatns, Curiosa Mathematica, and Euclid and His Modern Rivals Published Alice in Wonderland in 1865 “Jabberwocky” contained odd word combinations Poems include “A game of Fives” and “A Valentine”

10. “Break, Break, Break” Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts for his sister at play! O well for the sailor lad,that he sings in his boat on the bay! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanished hand, And the sound of a voice that is still! Break, break, break At the foot of thy crags, O Sea! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me. - Lord Alfred Tennyson

11. Theme Waves continuously crash against rocks Children play; sailor sings ◦ The world goes on not noticing someone’s death Speaker wishes to touch his friend and hear his voice, but cannot Poem is about Arthur Hallam’s death