In order to prepare for the in-class essay section of the unit test, choose one of the topics below and re-read the works you plan to discuss. Bring the quotations you plan to use to class with you for the test.
Literary Essay Section 48 marks
Choose one of the following topics and write a multi-paragraph essay in which you develop a concise thesis, and a focused answer to show your knowledge and understanding of the works. Include specific references to the works you discuss. Use at least three examples per body paragraph.
For this essay, you may choose works by the following authors:
Robert Burns, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, Percy Shelly or John Keats.
Choose one:
1. Romantic and pre-Romantic writers often championed a relationship with nature to sustain human life. Discuss this theme with reference to at least three literary works.
2. Discuss the ways in which the use of the following symbols: the ocean to Byron, the wind to Shelley or the skylark to Shelley and the nightingale to Keats, reflect the characteristics of the Romantic period. (Choose only one of Shelley's poems).
3. Insights about society often come from those who feel apart from it. Support this statement with reference to at least three literary works.
