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TABLE OF
ON
CONTENTS
TI
ON ON
TI ON
CONTENTS
T I A A I
S EC P LIC P LIC
CT
E RE RE SE
PL
FOREWORD LE LE
M OR FO
R
MP P
SA T F
SA SA
M
About The English Experience OT
O ...............................................................................................................................7
N N
FOREWORD
Our approach ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
Using this resource ..............................................................................................................................................8
N ON I ON ON
TI
O
TI AT TI
EC
INTRODUCTION EC
TO POETRY LI C
L I CA TI
O
S S P P C
SE
INTRODUCTION
E RE RE
LE poetry......................................................................................................................
TO POETRY
PL Reading and understanding
P E 10
A M F OR F OR M PL
S poetry questions ...............................................................................................................16
Answering contextual T T SA
NO NO
THE RENAISSANCE
N
RENAISSANCE
AT IO
Introduction to the Renaissance O O I ON
N Period................................................................................................................
N N
IO 18
I I T T
THE
C CT T A A
The Elizabethan EraSE EC LIC LIC
...........................................................................................................................................21
S P P
E E R E R E
M PL “Love's Farewell” .....................................................................................................................25
Michael Drayton: PL R R
A A M F O O
Biography
S TF
..................................................................................................................................................25
S
OT S
ROMANTICS
N N O
Poem......................................................................................................................................................... 26
THE
Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................
N 27
I O N O N
AT ON TI
Questions ..................................................................................................................................................29
IO
IC T TI A
PL
William Shakespeare: “No longer mourn EC LIC
ECfor me when I am dead” .........................................................................35
RE S P
VICTORIANS
S
R LE L E RE
Biography ..................................................................................................................................................35 RE
THE
O M P P R R
F M FO FO 37
OT SA SA
Poem.........................................................................................................................................................
T T
NO NO
Analysis ..................................................................................................................................................... 37
Questions
N ..................................................................................................................................................39
MODERNISM
IO I ON
AT Era ................................................................................................................................................43
The Caroline AT ONI ONI T
IC
PL Lovelace: “To Althea,Pfrom
Richard LIC Prison” ..........................................................................................................45
E CT E CT L IC
A
E
R
R RE L E
S
E
S
R EP
Biography ..................................................................................................................................................45
R P L
FO MP OR
/ POSTMODERNISM
LATE MODERNISM
T AM A F
Poem.........................................................................................................................................................
S S 46
NO O T
N
Analysis ..................................................................................................................................................... 47
Questions ..................................................................................................................................................49
N
O N
ON TI T IO N N
TI I C A
C A IO IO
AFRICAN POETRY
THE ROMANTICSPL L I C T C T
SOUTHERN
R E
R EP SE SE
Introduction to E E
the Romantic Period ....................................................................................................................54
F OR OR PL PL
T F M M
PercyOBysshe
N
Shelley: “To the Night”
OT SA
...................................................................................................................57
SA T
N NO
Biography ..................................................................................................................................................57
Poem......................................................................................................................................................... 59
UNSEEN
POETRY
N N
N IO O
IO T AT TI
Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................
A IO
N 60
C I C IC
Questions PL CT
SE ..................................................................................................................................................63
PL
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PL OR LE PL
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OR P
ACKNOWLEDGE-
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SA
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THE VICTORIANS
O N I ON I ON
CONTENTS
Introduction to the A T A T N
TI Victorian Period...................................................................................................................... 69
C I C I C T IO
E L L C
Alfred, Lord
E R EP
S Tennyson: “Ulysses” .........................................................................................................................73
R EP SE
L E LE
A MPBiography ..................................................................................................................................................73
F OR O R P L P
TF M
S Poem.........................................................................................................................................................
T SA SA 76
M
NO N O
FOREWORD
Analysis ..................................................................................................................................................... 78
Questions ..................................................................................................................................................82
N N
O N O N IO I O
RobertTIBrowning: AT AT
TI ..................................................................................................................88
“My Last Duchess” IO
C EC LIC LIC
SE Biography ..................................................................................................................................................88
T
S P P EC
INTRODUCTION
E E E E S
TO POETRY
PL PL R R E
M O R O R PL
Poem......................................................................................................................................................... 91
S A F F A M
T T
Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................
S 92
NO NO
Questions ..................................................................................................................................................97
N
RENAISSANCE
T IO
ON N ION O N
MODERNISM
CA TI IO AT TI
THE
C CT C C A
SE SE LI PL
I
Introduction to Modernism................................................................................................................................103
P
E E R E R E
PL “The wind begun to rockPthe
Emily Dickinson: L grass” .........................................................................................106
R R
AM AM FO O
S
Biography S
OT TF
................................................................................................................................................106 S
ROMANTICS
N NO
THE
Poem....................................................................................................................................................... 108
Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................109
N
IO N N
AT IO
N IO
QuestionsC................................................................................................................................................112
IO
LI CT T AT
C
C I
EP “Dulce et Decorum Est”
Wilfred Owen: SE..............................................................................................................118
SE PL
VICTORIANS
R LE RE RE
LE
RBiography ................................................................................................................................................118
THE
O M P P R R
F M FO FO120
OT SA SA
Poem.......................................................................................................................................................
T T
NO NO
Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................121
N ................................................................................................................................................122
Questions
MODERNISM
IO N
T IO N N
CA
E E Cummings: AT time”........................................................................................................128
“nobody loses all the IO IO T
LI LIC CT CT
P Biography ................................................................................................................................................128IC
A
E P E E L
R
R RE L E
S
E
S
R EP
R L
Poem....................................................................................................................................................... 130
O MP P R
/ POSTMODERNISM
LATE MODERNISM
F A M O
T S SA TF
Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................131
NO N O
Questions ................................................................................................................................................132
W H Auden: “Refugee Blues” ............................................................................................................................136
N N
ON T IO IO N N
TI CA AT
Biography ................................................................................................................................................136
IO IO
LI IC
AFRICAN POETRY
L T T
EP EC EC
SOUTHERN
Poem.......................................................................................................................................................
EP 138
R R S S
E E
OR...................................................................................................................................................139
Analysis R PL PL
F FO M M
N OT
Questions OT SA SA
................................................................................................................................................141T
N NO
LATE MODERNISM/POSTMODERNISM
UNSEEN
POETRY
N
N IO I ON
AT ................................................................................................147
O Modernism/Postmodernism
Introduction toTILate AT ON
C L IC IC TI
SE“Assassination”...............................................................................................................................150
Don L Lee: EP PL EC
P
E
LBiography R
R RE E
S
................................................................................................................................................150
L E
S
R L
FO MP
ACKNOWLEDGE-
M
T T FO A A MP151
SA Poem.......................................................................................................................................................
MENTS
NO S S
NO
Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................152
Questions ................................................................................................................................................154
N
N O ON
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CONTENTS
TI
ON ON
TI ON
CONTENTS
T I A A I
S EC P LIC P LIC
CT
E RE RE SE
PL
FOREWORD LE LE
M OR FO
R
MP P
SA T F
SA SA
M
About The English Experience OT
O ...............................................................................................................................7
N N
FOREWORD
Our approach ...................................................................................................................................................... 7
Using this resource ..............................................................................................................................................8
N ON I ON ON
TI
O
TI AT TI
EC
INTRODUCTION EC
TO POETRY LI C
L I CA TI
O
S S P P C
SE
INTRODUCTION
E RE RE
LE poetry......................................................................................................................
TO POETRY
PL Reading and understanding
P E 10
A M F OR F OR M PL
S poetry questions ...............................................................................................................16
Answering contextual T T SA
NO NO
THE RENAISSANCE
N
RENAISSANCE
AT IO
Introduction to the Renaissance O O I ON
N Period................................................................................................................
N N
IO 18
I I T T
THE
C CT T A A
The Elizabethan EraSE EC LIC LIC
...........................................................................................................................................21
S P P
E E R E R E
M PL “Love's Farewell” .....................................................................................................................25
Michael Drayton: PL R R
A A M F O O
Biography
S TF
..................................................................................................................................................25
S
OT S
ROMANTICS
N N O
Poem......................................................................................................................................................... 26
THE
Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................
N 27
I O N O N
AT ON TI
Questions ..................................................................................................................................................29
IO
IC T TI A
PL
William Shakespeare: “No longer mourn EC LIC
ECfor me when I am dead” .........................................................................35
RE S P
VICTORIANS
S
R LE L E RE
Biography ..................................................................................................................................................35 RE
THE
O M P P R R
F M FO FO 37
OT SA SA
Poem.........................................................................................................................................................
T T
NO NO
Analysis ..................................................................................................................................................... 37
Questions
N ..................................................................................................................................................39
MODERNISM
IO I ON
AT Era ................................................................................................................................................43
The Caroline AT ONI ONI T
IC
PL Lovelace: “To Althea,Pfrom
Richard LIC Prison” ..........................................................................................................45
E CT E CT L IC
A
E
R
R RE L E
S
E
S
R EP
Biography ..................................................................................................................................................45
R P L
FO MP OR
/ POSTMODERNISM
LATE MODERNISM
T AM A F
Poem.........................................................................................................................................................
S S 46
NO O T
N
Analysis ..................................................................................................................................................... 47
Questions ..................................................................................................................................................49
N
O N
ON TI T IO N N
TI I C A
C A IO IO
AFRICAN POETRY
THE ROMANTICSPL L I C T C T
SOUTHERN
R E
R EP SE SE
Introduction to E E
the Romantic Period ....................................................................................................................54
F OR OR PL PL
T F M M
PercyOBysshe
N
Shelley: “To the Night”
OT SA
...................................................................................................................57
SA T
N NO
Biography ..................................................................................................................................................57
Poem......................................................................................................................................................... 59
UNSEEN
POETRY
N N
N IO O
IO T AT TI
Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................
A IO
N 60
C I C IC
Questions PL CT
SE ..................................................................................................................................................63
PL
E RE RE SE S
PL OR LE PL
E
OR P
ACKNOWLEDGE-
M
SA TF F
SA
M
SA
M
OT
MENTS
NO
N
N ON ON
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O N I ON I ON
CONTENTS
Introduction to the A T A T N
TI Victorian Period...................................................................................................................... 69
C I C I C T IO
E L L C
Alfred, Lord
E R EP
S Tennyson: “Ulysses” .........................................................................................................................73
R EP SE
L E LE
A MPBiography ..................................................................................................................................................73
F OR O R P L P
TF M
S Poem.........................................................................................................................................................
T SA SA 76
M
NO N O
FOREWORD
Analysis ..................................................................................................................................................... 78
Questions ..................................................................................................................................................82
N N
O N O N IO I O
RobertTIBrowning: AT AT
TI ..................................................................................................................88
“My Last Duchess” IO
C EC LIC LIC
SE Biography ..................................................................................................................................................88
T
S P P EC
INTRODUCTION
E E E E S
TO POETRY
PL PL R R E
M O R O R PL
Poem......................................................................................................................................................... 91
S A F F A M
T T
Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................
S 92
NO NO
Questions ..................................................................................................................................................97
N
RENAISSANCE
T IO
ON N ION O N
MODERNISM
CA TI IO AT TI
THE
C CT C C A
SE SE LI PL
I
Introduction to Modernism................................................................................................................................103
P
E E R E R E
PL “The wind begun to rockPthe
Emily Dickinson: L grass” .........................................................................................106
R R
AM AM FO O
S
Biography S
OT TF
................................................................................................................................................106 S
ROMANTICS
N NO
THE
Poem....................................................................................................................................................... 108
Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................109
N
IO N N
AT IO
N IO
QuestionsC................................................................................................................................................112
IO
LI CT T AT
C
C I
EP “Dulce et Decorum Est”
Wilfred Owen: SE..............................................................................................................118
SE PL
VICTORIANS
R LE RE RE
LE
RBiography ................................................................................................................................................118
THE
O M P P R R
F M FO FO120
OT SA SA
Poem.......................................................................................................................................................
T T
NO NO
Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................121
N ................................................................................................................................................122
Questions
MODERNISM
IO N
T IO N N
CA
E E Cummings: AT time”........................................................................................................128
“nobody loses all the IO IO T
LI LIC CT CT
P Biography ................................................................................................................................................128IC
A
E P E E L
R
R RE L E
S
E
S
R EP
R L
Poem....................................................................................................................................................... 130
O MP P R
/ POSTMODERNISM
LATE MODERNISM
F A M O
T S SA TF
Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................131
NO N O
Questions ................................................................................................................................................132
W H Auden: “Refugee Blues” ............................................................................................................................136
N N
ON T IO IO N N
TI CA AT
Biography ................................................................................................................................................136
IO IO
LI IC
AFRICAN POETRY
L T T
EP EC EC
SOUTHERN
Poem.......................................................................................................................................................
EP 138
R R S S
E E
OR...................................................................................................................................................139
Analysis R PL PL
F FO M M
N OT
Questions OT SA SA
................................................................................................................................................141T
N NO
LATE MODERNISM/POSTMODERNISM
UNSEEN
POETRY
N
N IO I ON
AT ................................................................................................147
O Modernism/Postmodernism
Introduction toTILate AT ON
C L IC IC TI
SE“Assassination”...............................................................................................................................150
Don L Lee: EP PL EC
P
E
LBiography R
R RE E
S
................................................................................................................................................150
L E
S
R L
FO MP
ACKNOWLEDGE-
M
T T FO A A MP151
SA Poem.......................................................................................................................................................
MENTS
NO S S
NO
Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................152
Questions ................................................................................................................................................154
N
N O ON
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