ENGB45H3 Lecture 3: 2.1 Poetry_ Sound and Sense
Document Summary
Poet of sensation; physiological sensitivity in his verses. As a victorian poet he is also compared to romantic poets such as shelley and keats. Trends toward the familiar and conservative rather than the radical new poetry (which is why he might have been chosen as the quintessential poet) Based on greek myth of trojan war hero odysseus after his 10 year long journey around the. Lyrical poem/meditation but also has a narrative bent (he"s thinking about something) Irony: idle and unknown king of ithaca. Assonance (repetition identical/similar vowels): these , mete , unequal , sleep , feed ; unusual of sound know ; sounds are complete opposites. Irony of wanting to fight again ( delight ) Lot"s of movement compared to first stanza: drunk , scudding , roaming . Looking back/nostalgia of the action ( seen , known , loved ) Juxtaposition of government and then myself ; always comes back to the people who rule solely.
