Comparing Romantic poets' attitudes to nature
I can draw interesting comparisons between two Romantic poems.
Comparing Romantic poets' attitudes to nature
I can draw interesting comparisons between two Romantic poems.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- The poems that you choose to compare should both be linked to the focus and nuances of the question you are asked.
- Focus your introduction and topic sentences on connections and contrasts between ideas, not devices.
- Reference poetic devices and draw attention to them, not simply the literary.
- You can use poetic devices and ideas about form and structure to help support your topic sentences.
Keywords
Transcendental - being beyond ordinary human experience, thought or belief
Omnipotence - having unlimited or very great power
Existential - relating to human existence or being alive
Common misconception
All Romantic poems from the anthology are equally comparable.
Some Romantic poems are more suitable for comparison, depending on which question you are asked.
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of the AQA Power and Conflict Anthology for this lesson.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
''Look on my works, ye Mighty and Despair''
''Chartered street...chartered Thames''
''Mighty forms that do not live like living men''
Sonnet
Dramatic monologue
Epic poem
tyrannical leader
oppressive institutions
childish arrogance
and 'London' explore oppressive institutional power.
and 'Ozymandias' explore the dominance of nature over mankind.
'Ozymandias' explore human pride.