Understanding how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember'
I can explain how Hood presents his past and his present in 'I Remember, I Remember'.
Understanding how Hood presents the past and present in 'I Remember, I Remember'
I can explain how Hood presents his past and his present in 'I Remember, I Remember'.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Hood's poetry reflects some Romantic ideals - nature and the innocence of childhood.
- Hood's poetry also reflects the more realist ideas of Victorian poetry.
- Hood's adult life was plagued with illness, perhaps why he is so wistful for his childhood.
- Hood's poem is nostalgic, remembering his happy times as a child.
- There is also a mournful tone to Hood's poetry; he is melancholic that he will not feel that joy again.
Common misconception
That a poet can only be a part of one literary movement.
Often, we can see poets as referencing more than one literary movement and that can help us understand the poem.
Keywords
Belonging - a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group
Nostalgic - a feeling of pleasure and also slight sadness when you think about things that happened in the past
Melancholic - expressing feelings of sadness
Romanticism - an artistic movement from the late 18th and early 19th century, focused on emotions and nature
Realism - a genre of literature that presents ordinary day-to-day experiences as they occur in reality
Equipment
You will need access to a copy of the Edexcel Belonging 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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