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“I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud”. By William Wordsworth, 1804 English Romantic Poet. “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes 1951 Harlem Renaissance. “I’m Nobody” (1891) and “Hope is the thing with feathers” (1891) By Emily Dickinson American poet, mid 1800s. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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“I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud” By William Wordsworth, 1804
English Romantic Poet
“Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes1951
Harlem Renaissance
“I’m Nobody” (1891) and “Hope is the thing with feathers” (1891)By Emily Dickinson
American poet, mid 1800s
“Those Winter Sundays” by
Robert Hayden, 1966
“O Me! O Life!”
1892
Sonnet 18 & Sonnet 130
Shakespeare1564-1616
Sonnet
• Originated in Italy• Form in place by 13th century (14 lines, specific rhyme scheme)• Form has evolved over time• Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets• Shakespearean rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg• Italian or Petrarchan sonnets usually take the form of an “argument”-
problem/question + resolution • Sonnet is usually now associated with love poetry