11: Victorian poetry orals

Victorian poetry orals

1. Find a poem by one of the poets we looked at and do an analysis of that poem, identifying theme and technique. Some poems:
   
   
   
   
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      1. 'Grief' by Elizabeth Barret Browning
      
      
      2. 'Consolation' by Elizabeth Barret Browning
      
      
      3. some Tennyson poems
      
      
      4. some Hardy poems
      
      
      5. some Robert Browning poems
         
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   

1. Do some research on one of the poets we looked at, and use that information to explain something about the poems we looked at. Make sure the focus is on the poetry, not a long summary of a biography.

1. Look at elements of Victorian culture and values and explain how we see those present in some of the poems we read.

1. Write your own Victorian poem. Use the techniques and elements you saw used in these poems, and have a presentation explaining how you used the poems as a source for your own poem.

Orals will be presented Tues. 18 and Wed. 19 November.