Introduction
Romanticism is shown through many romantic artists such as Edgar Allen Poe, or Walt Whitman. However this quest of webs is about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow! with works such as "Paul Revere's Ride" , "A Shadow" and A Psalm Of Life".
Task
You will read several of his poems and look at some of the questions bellow. From there you will come up with a one page response for each poem you read, using a different quetion for each different poem.
1. What Elements of Romanticism does the author use? How do they effect the story
2. What is the speaker's tone? Which words reveal his tone?
3. What is the theme of this poem?
4. Who is the speaker in this poem? How would you describe this persona?
5. What figures of speach are used? How do they contribute to the tone?
Process
Compare and contrast Henry's work to other authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Emily Dickenson, and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Make a Venn diagram and answer the questions below.
Nathaniel Hawthorne: http://www.readbookonline.net/stories/hawthorne/12/
Emily Dickenson : http://www.poemhunter.com/emily-dickinson/
Ralph Waldo Emerson : http://www.poemhunter.com/ralph-waldo-emerson/
1. How do the authors use the different Elements of Romanticism? Are they used similary or differently?
2. Do different authors favor certain Elements of Romanticism? What elements do the authors favor?
3. How often is the love of nature shown in the differnent poems?
Evaluation
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Begining 1 |
Developing 2 |
Accomplished 3 |
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| Writing Competency | Did not demonstate competency in clarity, cohesiveness, nor subject knowledge | Communicated ideas effectively and demonstrated adequate subject knowledge. | Demonstated depth of understanding of content |
| Comprehension | had difficulty understanding | Understood with assistance | understood completely |
| Analytical Thinking | Did not display the ability to glean information from the readings | Was able to glean information from the readings, but was unable dissemble it accurately | Was able to glean information from the readings and recognize some parrallels and connections to the questions |
Conclusion
Hopefully from this WebQuest you learned the different elements of Romanticism shown by the great Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his outstanding poems. This was an excelent time for Romantic authors, it created new ways to look at litterature.