Question:
Romantic Poets
This posting offers these ideas:
You are gathering material, poetry for another session of your working group to rally around the new PR campaign for quality 'hip' romantic films to appeal to a high school audience and are actively involved in the selection process. While in the process of looking for new material, you revisit some classic lyrical works of masters like William Shakespeare, John Donne and John Dryden. By studying these three artists with a critical eye, you feel that you will be better prepared to assess the works of unknown screenwriters.
As you analyze this work, choose a poem by each of these poets. Then put together a journal entry that carefully evaluates the writing, based on a your 'Reader Response' reading of one (or more) of the poems. Focus on the element described as "romance." Describe the qualities of the poet's voice as you imagine. It can be helpful to read poems aloud to get a sense for their lyrical qualities and to memorize some verses. These more experiential methods for studying literature may be helpful to know.
Selected "The Good-Morrow" from John Donne
Silvia from William Shakespeare and Farewell, ungrateful traitor for John Dryden.
Evaluate these into a 3 page paper. I have read them all but am having trouble putting it on paper. I'm looking for an outline of what I should be discussing in my evaluation. Any help would be appreciated.