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Elizabethan Poetry 1. Courtly poetry- polite and flattering poetry 2. Classicism- more original 3. Jacobean and Caroline poetry- - The metaphysical poetry- very complicate poetry and witty - Cavalier poets- more elegant and artificial poetry 4. William Shakespeare - Sonnets - long narrative poems
 * Types of Elizabethan poetry**
 * The poem-**

Or if it were, it bore not beauty's name; But now is black beauty's successive heir, And beauty slander'd with a bastard shame: For since each hand hath put on Nature's power, Fairing the foul with Art's false borrowed face, Sweet beauty hath no name, no holy bower, But is profan'd, if not lives in disgrace. Therefore my mistress' brows are raven black, Her eyes so suited, and they mourners seem At such who, not born fair, no beauty lack, Sland'ring creation with a false esteem: Yet so they mourn becoming of their woe, That every tongue says beauty should look so.// || This poem is written by William Shakespeare and is a good example of metaphysical poetry. It is a love poem which I believe is one of the major themes of this time period. Also this is one of the most well known poets of this time.
 * //In the old age black was not counted fair,
 * > //–William Shakespeare// ||

Romantic Poetry **Elements of Romanticism** 1. freedom, no geographic limitations. 2. Optimism 3. Experimentation: concerning science 4. Mingling of races: immigrants in large numbers arrive to the US. 5. Growth of industrialization: north becomes industrialized, south remains agricultural. 1. The quest for beauty: "pure beauty." skin deep 2. The use of the far-away and non-normal fantasy and dream: 3. Escapism - from problems. 4. Interest in external nature - for itself, for beauty: a. Nature as source for the knowledge of the primitive. b. Nature as refuge. c. Nature as revelation of God to the individual. Pasted from <[]> **The poem Beauty by John Masefield** **Are her voice, and her hair, and eyes, and the dear red curve of her lips.** Pasted from <[]> It talks about abstract ideas and talks of there beauty and eventually compares a woman to them. It talks about enjoying the inner beauty of objects.
 * Romantic Subject Matter**
 * Have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills**
 * Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain:**
 * I have seen the lady April bringing in the daffodils,**
 * Bringing the springing grass and the soft warm April rain.**
 * I have heard the song of the blossoms and the old chant of the sea,**
 * And seen strange lands from under the arched white sails of ships;**
 * But the loveliest things of beauty God ever has showed to me**

__** Post Colonial American Poetry-  **__ Post Colonial American Poets wrote with a distinctive American voice. They wanted to distinguish themselves from their British counterparts. To do this they examined the landscape and traditions of their native country. The most famous post colonial poem is The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is an epic poem so it is much too long to show the whole thing but here is the first three stanzas.

On the Mountains of the Prairie, On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, Gitche Manito, the mighty, He the Master of Life, descending, On the red crags of the quarry Stood erect, and called the nations, Called the tribes of men together.

From his footprints flowed a river, Leaped into the light of morning, O'er the precipice plunging downward Gleamed like Ishkoodah, the comet. And the Spirit, stooping earthward, With his finger on the meadow Traced a winding pathway for it, Saying to it, "Run in this way!"

From the red stone of the quarry With his hand he broke a fragment, Moulded it into a pipe-head, Shaped and fashioned it with figures; From the margin of the river Took a long reed for a pipe-stem, With its dark green leaves upon it; Filled the pipe with bark of willow, With the bark of the red willow;

As you can see, this poem expresses a lot of American ideals. It also has a lot of imagery and is very descriptive. It contains dialogue, which not all poems do. This just being the first fraction of the whole poem shows the length of this poem and how passionate Longfellow was about distinguishing America from Britain.

**Modern Poetry**- Modern poetry refers to the 20th century or the 1900's - The major philosophy behind modern poetry is images. Modern poetry wants to paint out a picture for the reader. 1. formalism 2. ornate diction So quick the snow is gone when winter dies, Revealing all of fall’s neglect for me To rake and stack and sort, and drag away; Its only saving grace, I get to clear The corner of the yard where I can see Your house between the cedars on the hill. I look to find an open window there, The sign that spring is really here to stay. And if I do, I take my time, with care, So if the linen curtains breathe aside, I’ll hear you play, again, the old piano, Against the corner of that sun-lit room. I’m never close enough to tell how well, Or if with new found joy, you move the keys, But that you play at all is good enough For one alone with work to do on days When half the world is coming back to love, When half the yard still hides beneath the leaves. Now spring again, it happened just today; The window up, your music drifted out. I heard it through the peepers and the brook. It rose with all the new heat off the fields And broke the clouds in pieces to the blue That disregards the end of anything. If I did get the chance, I’d tell you this: If there were children here they’d feel it too. Each tickled by the notes in turn they’d run; They’d run from tree to puddle, tree and back. They’d laugh in time with music from your hands, And help me gather up all this debris. //Robert Crawford// || This poem is a great example of showing imagery. This poem has many characteristics of modern poetry and is an all around great example. Also this poem just sounds like it came from the 20th century.
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 * **A Neighbor and Spring**

American post colonial poetry was started after America separated themselves from Great Britain. There was a great sense of patriotism for what America had just accomplished. This writers were very enthusiastic as it started a very distinct American voice in literature. A famous poem "america" by William Cullen Bryant is about how amazing America is tells of all the beauties of the land. It also talks about how the British do not know what they hate, they don’t understand the remarkableness of this new country that they try to get to fail. OH mother of a mighty race, Yet lovely in thy youthful grace! The elder dames, thy haughty peers, Admire and hate thy blooming years. With words of shame And taunts of scorn they join thy name. For on thy cheeks the glow is spread That tints thy morning hills with red; Thy step—the wild deer’s rustling feet Within thy woods are not more fleet; Thy hopeful eye Is bright as thine own sunny sky. Ay, let them rail—those haughty ones, While safe thou dwellest with thy sons. They do not know how loved thou art, How many a fond and fearless heart Would rise to throw Its life between thee and the foe. They know not, in their hate and pride, What virtues with thy children bide; How true, how good, thy graceful maids Make bright, like flowers, the valley shades; What generous men Spring, like thine oaks, by hill and glen;— What cordial welcomes greet the guest By thy lone rivers of the West; How faith is kept, and truth revered, And man is loved, and God is feared, In woodland homes, And where the ocean border foams. There ’s freedom at thy gates and rest For Earth’s down-trodden and opprest, A shelter for the hunted head, For the starved laborer toil and bread. Power, at thy bounds, Stops and calls back his baffled hounds. Oh, fair young mother! on thy brow Shall sit a nobler grace than now. Deep in the brightness of the skies The thronging years in glory rise, And, as they fleet, Drop strength and riches at thy feet. Thine eye, with every coming hour, Shall brighten, and thy form shall tower; And when thy sisters, elder born, Would brand thy name with words of scorn, Before thine eye, Upon their lips the taunt shall die. William Cullen Bryant ||  || Pasted from <[]>
 * Post Colonial**
 * America** ||  ||
 * America** ||  ||