1. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C Synthesis of Romanticism The two generations

2. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C The first generation Declared in the “Biographia Literaria” by S.T. Coleridge:   To deal with a supernatural nature and describe it by suspending the disbelief of the reader through imagination.  eal with ordinary things in order to teach the man to see nature without the veil of habits on his eyes.  To deal with ordinary things in order to teach the man to see nature without the veil of habits on his eyes. Poets’ intents

3. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C William Wordsworth (Poem)   Preface to Lirycal Ballads   The Solitary Reaper   She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways   Daffodils Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Ballad)   Biographia Literaria   The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner Relevant texts and poetic forms

4. 09/12/’09 Riccardo Biffi 5C   To convince the reader that the described nature is faithful to reality.  To awake man’s mind towards wonders of nature.  Pleasure, the ultimate goal. Purposes of poetry

5. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C Declared in the “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” by W. Wordsworth:   The language should be the one “really used by man” since it is the best way to express and to convey feelings for its simplicity.   The poets have not be coherent with the declaration above. The expressions started to be more and more complicated with the flowing of time. Language

6. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C   Nature and its power   Rustic life   Memory   Feelings Themes

7. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C The second generation Poets’ intents

8. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C Relevant texts and poetic forms

9. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C Purposes of poetry

10. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C Language

11. 30/01/’10 Riccardo Biffi 5C Themes