(1792-1822) 1824 AUTUMN by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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1 (1792-1822) 1824 AUTUMN by Percy Bysshe Shelley

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3 A Dirge

4 Shelley’s Gravestone

5 Romanticism 1 st generation : William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel T. Coleridge 2 nd generation : Percy B. Shelley, John Keats Romanticism in Literature starts with the publication of “the Lyrical Ballads” by Wordsworth in 1798. Subjective, irrational parts of human nature; such as emotion, introspection, response to the natural world Use of everyday situations (couleur locale) Use of the exotic and the supernatural

6 FORM 2 stanzas of 11 lines each Rhyme scheme : ABCDB DDDCCE ABCDB DDDCCC Alliteration in “failing” and “falling” ( 1 st lines of each stanza), bare boughs (l. 2), grave green (l. 22) Repetition : 3 rd and 14 th line, lines 9-10 and 20-21 Enjambment : 3 rd,9 th, 13rd, 15 th, 19 th, 20 th line

7 Content A dirge = lijkzang, klaagzang, requiem Waarom wordt dit als titel gebruikt ? Wie is het lijk ? Welke woorden hebben hier een directe associatie mee ? Wat is de metaphoor ? Waar is personificatie gebruikt ? Vergelijk “The Autumn” van Keats met dit gedicht

8 Het gaat om de begrafenis van dit jaar “The Year” (personification) Death-bed, shroud, saddest array, bier, sepulchre, knelling, “put on white, black and gray”, dead cold Months, Sisters (personification) are May / October Keats: fruitfulness, warmth, nice colours, harvest, music

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