EXAM - English literature 2
The reader and poet have to understand how much personal emotion a poem can bear without disturbing
the desired balance. Sense of timelessness (relationship between the experience of past and this day).
Balance presentation of different emotional states. Both parties are to exercise their judgement.
In 17th C retreat to Nature meant retirement from practical business to ideal contemplation. In 18th C
turning from ambotion to usefulness.
Emphasis on the varied hues of nature. British countryside attuned to the ideals of a new urban bourgeoisie,
patriotic, pastoral, classical and sentimental.
Winchilsea: A Nocturnal Reverie
James Thomson: The Seasons – appreciate colour in the universe, it is scientific and descriptive. To The
Memory of Sir Isaac Newton
John Denham: Cooper’s Hill – established the exact standard of good writing, obedience to decorum and
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