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Tag Archives: poetry
The Experience of Reading Poetry Part 2: “vex one like dronings of the shuttles at task”
In my last post I discussed Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s “Lady Lilith” and how the experience of reading the lines actually mirrors the poem’s content. Another excellent example of a poet using the form, in this case repetition and specific diction, … Continue reading
Posted in Pedagogy, Victorianism
Tagged Augusta Webster, experience of poetry, Pedagogy, poetry, Victorianism
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“soft sleep shall snare”: caught up in the language of poetry
One of my courses this semester is knee-deep in Victorian poetry. One way that I’ve been trying to dig in with my students as they try and tackle what is often very difficult work, is to focus the actual experience … Continue reading
Posted in Victorianism
Tagged art, D.G. Rossetti, experience of poetry, monsters, Pedagogy, poetry
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Poets on the Elgin Marbles, part I
This is part of a series of posts I began last year centered on the connections between the British Museum and the literature I teach and study. Other entries can be found under the “British Museum” tag. The Duveen Gallery … Continue reading
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Tagged British Museum, Empire, Lord Byron, poetry, Romanticism, Walter Pater
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“Season of Mists”
Tomorrow is the first day of Fall, (the Autumnal Equinox) despite Florida’s humid heat. And I’m teaching John Keats next week. So, in celebration of both facts here is Keats’s lovely poem “To Autumn.” I’m going to read it aloud … Continue reading
Summer (Solstice) Reading
Today is the Summer Solstice (in the Northern Hemisphere) the longest day of the year. For some it’s the mid-point of summer, for others it’s the first day of summer. To celebrate this milestone in the year and to honor … Continue reading
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