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So, today, we discussed truth: what it is, how it may differ from person to person, its relationship with reality, how God is truth (cough) (don't get me started on that, please) (actually, ( do ) get me started) and so on. Not much so far... Alrighty Notes!!!!! Epicurian philosophy seeking pleasure unsteady state of mind of mankind in general - can't stay true to truth forever man judges through his knowledge cultural and intellectual movement man values opinion of others - image > integrity God couldn't teach falsehood

I O wild West Wind, though breath of Autumn's being personification, alliteration, apostrophe Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead unseen presence because the wind is tangible but not visible Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing dead leaves compared to ghosts. West wind compared to exorcist (enchanter) who drives away ghosts Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red, the color of fallen leaves Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou, leaves, unwanted, decayed elements Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low In the last line of the previous stanza, Shelley begins to speak about the wind as a chariot who delivers to the dark, cold earth, the winged seeds, where they simply lie on the ground, scattered, dormant, cold and wet under the snow, hence: Each like a corpse within its grave, until Buried, like a corpse, under the snow, until Thine azure sister of the Spring shall blow your sister, the ...

Literally, the title means the beautiful lady without thank you Makes no sense, unless you take it as a. The pretty lady without gratitude b. The pretty lady without mercy The poem is written in 12 parts: the first three parts, or stanzas, are in the voice of a random stranger who sees a knight-at-arms, desolate and pale, haggard and woe-begone, in cold sweats. He asks this knight-at-arms what ails him, then in parts (stanzas) 4 through 12, the knight-at-arms tells his tale. The intent of this poem is to take the reader back in time to the medieval period of 8-12 C, (or usually in such poems, to the Hellenic era) that is the Dark Ages. Why? Because of freedom to express un-Christian, dark themes. Gothic elements - violence, terror, mystery, dark, subconsciousness, strange human relationships. How Keats does it: matter-of-fact to make you curious brevity, economy of words reality-fantasy I. O WHAT can ail thee, knight-at-arms,   Alone and pal...

In no particular order, the class notes: The world does not exist unless you imagine it to be a certain way Perceiving =/= conceiving (couldn't find a "not equal to" sign) All our wiles and feelings find a mirror in Nature Our experiences make us sublime (not above and beyond, but existing in a synergy with the world) - every experience reminds us of who we are Wordsworth: Romantic, sensuous; seeing the heart, the core of everything - enjoying the beauty in everything simplicity of language and diction aesthetic calls for imaginary powers sublime and transcendent Blake - mysticism Shelley - scientific temper - the world is  charged  with this crackling, electric, buzzing energy Coleridge - supernatural Byron - Dark forces, earthiness, communion with Nature Keats is the high priest among the Romantics:  Nature was, in fact, his religion, and he has been called 'nature's  high priest '   ... HOOOOOO MY GADDD LOOK AT THIS COMPARISON IT'S AMA...

http://www.bachelorandmaster.com/britishandamericanpoetry/lycidas.html This analysis discusses the context, form and content of the poem Lycidas by John Milton, not necessarily in that order. To begin with, Milton chose Lycidas as an attempt at a trope, or continuation of a character, much like contemporary fanfiction. Lycidas was first written about by Herodotus in his ninth volume. Lycidas was an Athenian Councillor who was brutally executed (stoned to death) for suggesting truce between Athens and Persia, who were contemplating a hugely wasteful war when negotiations and peace were both available options. When written about by Theocritus, Lycidas was a goatherd wrongfully murdered, and by the time Milton wrote the poem Lycidas, Lycidas had become symbolic of unfair, unreasonable, fatally brutal death. Lycidas employs this symbol to express his anguish and frustration about the futility of Edward King’s death. This leads one to observe the form of the poem, which is an ...