TWO REMINDERS
1. Quiz over the first half of the AP Poetry Terms on Wednesday (through the M's, #36)

2.  AP exam registration ends on Wednesday, Feb. 26 at 3:00 p.m. Consider whenever you leave the house Wednesday morning as your actual deadline.  If you haven't registered already, start the process here:
https://user.totalregistration.net/AP/480500

TODAY IN CLASS
Class agendas for 1st and 5th were switched between Friday before break and today.

• On Feb. 14, 1st period worked with the British Lit textbook to get a handle on romanticism as a literary historical period, and with a few examples; 5th period did much less of that and spent time getting a start on reading Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
• Today 1st period got started on Coleridge, and 5th did the overview material.  
• (note mostly to me--1st needs to explicitly compare Blake's "Chimney Sweep" poems, both sections need to do a Burns poem or two, and 5th needs to look at a couple of Wordsworth poems and the journal excerpt from Dorothy Wordsworth)

FOR TOMORROW

"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"-- First poem in Wordsworth and Coleridge, Lyrical Ballads (1798)

Required:  Finish reading the poem for tomorrow. The first version below is probably best, but you might want to take a look at the other version as well.  Consider the responsibility of editors, editions, and "versions" in shaping our impression of a text.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173253

This one lacks the "Argument," but is in an older font with a different lay-out: Penn State version


Goals as you read/reflect on the poem:

• Know essentially what happens in the poem--it is a narrative, after all, so know the plot.
• Consider Coleridge's main themes for the poem
• How does Mary Shelley incorporate the poem into Frankenstein?
• What explicit reference(s) does she make to this work?
• Do you see any more implicit use of the poem?

Two further items for class work:

• We will look briefly at the poetic form and some key features (have your poetry terms handy)
• Assess the degree to which it represents key features of romanticism (list provided tomorrow)

Also, take a look at the history and range of illustrations Gustave Dore provided for this text:

Some background on the Dore illustrations and the general popularity of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner":
http://www.baumanrarebooks.com/blog/gustave-dore-the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner/

Gustave Dore prints:
http://www.artsycraftsy.com/dore_mariner.html

This is one good way to review both what happens and what an important 19th century artist/engraver/illustrator deemed significant.