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14 Cards in this Set
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1805 removal - "shame" |
"Creed which ten shameful years have not annulled-" (Book X) - Line removed in 1816/19 - Hindsight, can see what went wrong but remains committed to the principles of the Revolution - Cutting the line, losing the commitment but also the 'shamefulness' as well, this is just before he returns to England in the narrative. |
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1850 addition - "shame" |
"Before us, in a people from the depth Of shameful imbecility uprisen" (Book IX) - shame added to the 1850 revision, but to emphasise the hope and civic virtue associated with regeneration |
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1850 addition - vehement attack |
"associates like these" "Inflamed by passion, blind with prejudice, And stung with injury, at this riper day" (Book IX) |
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Green Leaf - 1805 |
"Had played, a green leaf on the blessed tree Of my beloved country" "Now from my pleasant station was cut off, And tossed about in whirlwinds" (1805, Book X) |
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Pliant harebell - 1850 |
"As a light And pliant harebell, winding in the breeze On some grey rock - its birth place.." "Fast rooted on the ancient tower Of my beloved country" (Book X) |
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Nicholas Roe (1992) |
"Wordsworth grafted himself back on to the trunk of English tradition represented by Burke" |
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Traveller Imagery - 1850 addition |
"Or as a traveller" "is tempted to review The region left behind him" "Strives, from that height, with on and yet one more/ Last look, to make the best amends he may: So have we lingered" (Book IX) |
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Traveller analysis |
Looking down from a height = detached, surveying history - Process of revision - looking back to the epicentre, drawn towards a detailing of the French Revolution as a point of cultural transformation |
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Critic quote (transition) |
"It is customary to distinguish two generations of Romantic poets: an older generation... who were initially fervent supporters but later resolute opponents of the French Revolution" -- P. M. S Dawson (1993) |
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Political Sonnets --- > reconstructing relationships between the self and France in light of political past > continuing to reimagine the events of revolutionary Europe |
Poems published in the Morning Post appeared in the physical context of the newspaper, where they were literally surrounded by news of the world. |
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Composed by the Sea-Side, near Calais 1802 |
"Blessings be on you both! On hope, one lot, One life, one glory! - I, with many a fear For my dear Country, many heartfelt sighs, Among men who do not love her, linger here" |
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September 1802. Near Dover. |
"The coast of France - the coast of France how near!" "A span of waters; yet what power is there! What mightiness for evil and for good!" - mutual potential for good and evil |
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Composed near Calais, on the Road leading to Ardres, August 7 1802 |
"Yet despair/Touches me not, though pensive as a bird/Whose vernal coverts winter hath laid bare" > escaped despair, image of bird perpetuates vulnerability |
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Dorothy Wordsworth Journaaaaal |
"We both bathed and sate upon the Dover Cliffs and looked upon France with many a melancholy and tender thought" --- 30 August 1802 |
