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- 1. 1.London,1802 2.Ode to Duty By William Wordsworth Romantic Literature. Prepared by Divya Sheta. [email protected]
- 2. London 1802 ● Dedicated to John Milton by William Wordsworth. ● Composed in 1802, "London, 1802" was published for the first time in “Poems, in Two Volumes.(1807)” ● Addresses the soul of the dead poet John Milton.
- 3. About the Sonnet ● saying that he should be alive at this moment in history, for England needs him. ● “she is a fen” - he shows that without the spirit of Milton's, the whole kingdom become a mud or like dirty. ● England, the speaker says, is stagnant and selfish, and Milton could raise her up again
- 4. About the Sonnet ● the altar (representing religion) ● the sword (representing the military) ● the pen (representing literature) ● the fireside (representing the home)has lost touch with “inward happiness,”
- 5. About the Sonnet ● Milton could give England “manners, virtue, freedom, power,” ● For his soul was like a star, his voice had a sound as pure as the sea, ● He moved through the world with “cheerful godliness,”
- 6. About the Sonnet " The lowliest duties on herself did lay." ● Last line described the humble nature of Milton,that how's pure Milton's heart was. To know about more, CLICK HERE.
- 7. Ode to Duty What is Ode: ● According to Merriam Webster dictionary,"a lyric poem usually marked by exaltation of feeling and style, varying length of line, and complexity of stanza forms"
- 8. Ode to Duty ● included in the second edition of Lyrical Ballad. ● Published in 1800. ● Seven stanzas in eight lines in ABABCCDD rhyme scheme.
- 9. Ode to Duty ● Duty is called the stern daughter of the Voice of God. ● The poet compares duty to the light that shows the right path to human beings. ● Duty readily extends her arms around them and saves them.
- 10. Ode to Duty ● Duty cautioned him when he(poet)was about to err, and he abstained himself from going that way. ● The poet willingly accepts the command of Duty and pays obeisance to her. ● The poet prays to Duty that she may grant him the spirit of self- sacrifice and instill in his mind the desire to rely on reason. He wishes to live like her slave for the rest of his life.
- 11. Ode to Duty ● To the poet, Duty is a stern monitor, yet she wears a kind and graceful look. ● The poet prays to Duty that she may grant him the spirit of self- sacrifice and instill in his mind the desire to rely on reason. He wishes to live like her slave for the rest of his life.
- 12. Ode to Duty ● “Ode to Duty” is an appeal to the principle of morality for guidance and support. ● It represents in a measure a recantation of Wordsworth's earlier faith in the spontaneous and unguided impulses of the heart.
- 13. Ode to Duty ● According to Wordsworth's own statement, the “Ode to Duty” was modeled on Thomas Gray's “Hymn to Adversity,” which in turn was imitated from Horace's “Ode to Fortune.” ● This poem demonstrates how a prosaic theme can be approached with a Romantic vision.
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