“Tide Rises, Tide Falls”“Psalm of Life”Henry WADSWORTH Longfellow--Fireside Poet

Warm Up:• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvBI_HlPyG8

• How does this video exemplify the romanticism movement ideals?

• How does this relate to “Thanatopsis,” the poem from yesterday?

• Read the Author Biography on Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on page 342 of your textbook, and list 5 interesting facts you learned about him below (at least 2 of your facts should be about his writing).

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Longfellow Bio– Find the following info:

“The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls” p. 346

• What is the literary movement of Longfellow? What else do we need to know about him?

• What happens in the first stanza? What time is it?

• What happens in the second stanza? What time is it?

• What happens in the third stanza? What time is it?

• What images does Longfellow use to show natural acts (besides the tide rising and falling)?

• What images does Longfellow use to discuss human acts?

Compare/ Contrast to “Psalm of Life”

“Psalm of Life”

“Tide Rises, Tide Falls”

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Differences Differences

• With a partner read both poems and fill in the figurative language and themes charts for both poems

• Work to compare the two poems in a Venn diagram

• How does this video exemplify Longfellow’s theme in both poems?

• http://youtu.be/U0xs0heOP8c

Recap Poems

Create a Romantic Hero

• On your own, turn to P. 317

• After reading about the Romantics, develop your own Romantic Hero!

• Draw what this hero would look like and write a paragraph to describe how they exemplify key aspects of the romantic time period!

Closure• Present your romantic heroes!

• Discussion Response- Q & A

• Think about the price of progress, not the dollar amount, but what you actually have to give up for the progress of a society.

• Think of a couple examples of progress in your lifetime and the cost of this progress. Elaborate with detail.