📙 Chapter 4: A Modern, Thriving Society
4.5.6 Poetry
2 paragraphs · 5 questions
Britain has a rich tradition of poetry. William Wordsworth was a Romantic poet who wrote about the beauty of the Lake District. His famous poems include 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' (also known as 'Daffodils'). Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats were also Romantic poets. William Blake wrote 'The Tyger' and the words to 'Jerusalem'.
Key Facts
- Wordsworth — Romantic poet, 'Daffodils' / 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud'
- Byron, Shelley, Keats — Romantic poets
- William Blake — 'The Tyger', 'Jerusalem'
Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon wrote poetry about their experiences in the First World War. Sir Walter Scott wrote poems and novels about Scottish history. Robert Browning and Alfred Lord Tennyson were famous Victorian poets. Tennyson wrote 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. The Poet Laureate is a poet appointed by the monarch to write poems for national occasions.
Key Facts
- Wilfred Owen and Sassoon — WWI poets
- Tennyson — 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'
- Poet Laureate — appointed by monarch for national occasions
📝 学习笔记
- William Wordsworth 创作了《我孤独地漫游，像一朵云》（又名《水仙》）。
- Wordsworth — 浪漫主义诗人，《水仙》/《我孤独地漫游，像一朵云》
- Byron, Shelley, Keats — 浪漫主义诗人
- William Blake — 《老虎》、《耶路撒冷》
- William Blake 创作了《耶路撒冷》的歌词。
- Wordsworth — 浪漫主义诗人，《水仙》/《我孤独地漫游，像一朵云》
- Byron, Shelley, Keats — 浪漫主义诗人
- William Blake — 《老虎》、《耶路撒冷》
- Wilfred Owen 和 Siegfried Sassoon 创作了关于他们在一战中经历的诗歌。
- Wordsworth — 浪漫主义诗人，《水仙》/《我孤独地漫游，像一朵云》
- Byron, Shelley, Keats — 浪漫主义诗人
- William Blake — 《老虎》、《耶路撒冷》
- Alfred Lord Tennyson 创作了《轻骑兵的冲锋》。
- Wordsworth — 浪漫主义诗人，《水仙》/《我孤独地漫游，像一朵云》
- Byron, Shelley, Keats — 浪漫主义诗人
- William Blake — 《老虎》、《耶路撒冷》
- 桂冠诗人是由君主任命的诗人，为国家庆典创作诗歌。
- Wordsworth — 浪漫主义诗人，《水仙》/《我孤独地漫游，像一朵云》
- Byron, Shelley, Keats — 浪漫主义诗人
- William Blake — 《老虎》、《耶路撒冷》
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