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14. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.3
14.1 Romantic Poetry Blake Wordsworth and Coleridge
Chapter 14.1
Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge: Mastering the Romantic Poetry Canon
Explore how three visionary poets transformed English literature by championing imagination, emotion, and the power of individual experience over rigid rationalism.
What You'll Learn
Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge prioritized imagination over Enlightenment rational thought.
Key terms include sublime, negative capability, pantheism, and contraries.
Romantic poets rejected neoclassical conventions favoring authentic emotional expression.
Each poet contributed distinct techniques shaping the entire Romantic literary movement.
What You'll Practice
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Students identify shared Romantic principles uniting Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge.
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Questions test vocabulary including sublime, pantheism, and spontaneous overflow concepts.
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Learners analyze how Romantic poets broke from neoclassical poetic conventions.
Why This Matters
Mastering Romantic poetry by Blake, Wordsworth, and Coleridge equips students with the analytical frameworks and vocabulary essential for advanced literary study and sophisticated critical writing.
This Unit Includes
Practice exercises
Learning resources
Skills
Romantic Poetry
Literary Analysis
The Sublime
Symbolism
Poetic Diction
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