As you know, my beloved Keatsy would be 222 today, and there are many a poem that represent him and Halloween.
First off, a little ballad (which we did study its form on Friday and today) by Keats: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44475/la-belle-dame-sans-merci-a-ballad.
Here is an article on his appearance and his background: https://wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2016/08/18/picturing-john-keats/.
And, here is a poem by Keats that puts us Halloween folk in the mood: https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/tis-witching-time-night.
And, here is a website dedicated to Keats' letters and his relationship with Fanny: http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/exhibits/keats/.
And, last but not least, a poem about Keats by Christina Rossetti (remember her from "A Birthday): https://hellopoetry.com/poem/16119/on-keats/.
And with our poetry, we finished up the ballad by reading "Lord Randall" and "Get up and Bar the Door" and identified all those structural and content details that make this song-like poem exist. https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/lord-randall & http://www.bartleby.com/40/20.html.
Then, we began our look at lyric poetry via "A Red, Red Rose" in your packet and "Dover Beach" https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43588/dover-beach. In second hour, you approached the poem cold - like a MC passage - and broke it down structurally and lyrically to understand the meaning. In fifth hour, you had the background - like a very giving poetry prompt - and delved into the honeymooning experience of melancholy, understanding, and nature that Arnold created in the poem.
Tomorrow will be ode and elegy, so make sure your poetry packet is up to date.
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