introduction to poetry and poetic theory
a brief history of british and american poetry
british verse
1. the canterbury tales: general prologue 1 -18)
geoffrey chaucer (1343 - 1400 )
2. sonnet 18
william shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
3. a valediction: forbidding mourning
john donne ( 1572 - 1631 )
4. elegy written in a country churchyard (extract)
thomas gray ( 1716 - 1771 )
5. the little black boy
william blake ( 1757 - 1827 )
6. she dwelt among the untrodden ways
william wordsworth (1770- 1850) introduction to poetry and poetic theory a brief history of british and american poetry british verse 1. the canterbury tales: general prologue 1 -18) geoffrey chaucer (1343 - 1400 ) 2. sonnet 18 william shakespeare (1564 - 1616) 3. a valediction: forbidding mourning john donne ( 1572 - 1631 ) 4. elegy written in a country churchyard (extract) thomas gray ( 1716 - 1771 ) 5. the little black boy william blake ( 1757 - 1827 ) 6. she dwelt among the untrodden ways william wordsworth (1770- 1850) 7. ode to the west wind percy bysshe shelley ( 1792 - 1822) 8. to autumn john keats (1795 - 1821 ) 9. my last duchess robert browning (1812 - 1889) 10. dover beach ……