TO THE WORLD OF Robert Southey An English

TO THE WORLD OF Robert Southey

An English poet of the Romantic school He was also called as the “Lake Poet” and the poet Laureate. Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843)

Robert Southey l l Born on August 12, 1774 in Bristol country of Cumberland familiarly known as Lake District Studied at Balliol College, Oxford. His major works

LITERARY WORKS OF ROBERT SOUTHEY l l l l l Joan of Arc: An Epic Poem (1796 ) Roderick, the Last of the Goths ( 1814 ) A Vision of Judgment ( 1821 ) Life of Cromwell ( 1821 ) Thomas More ( 1829 ) The Doctors ( 1834 ). Includes the first published version of the fairy tale-like Three Bears. Select Lives of Cromwell and Bunyan (1846) The Inchcape Rock Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843)

By Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843)

No stir in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was as still as she could be, moving

Her sails from heaven received no motion. sails

Her keel was steady in the ocean.

Rhyme Scheme No stir ina the air, no stir in the sea, The shipawas as still as she could be, Her sailsbfrom heaven received no motion. Her keel b was steady in the ocean. The rhyme scheme is ‘aa, bb. ’

Please try it out It appeared in the Board Paper in 2005 1. Name the poet and the poem? 2. Pick out the words from the stanza suggesting lack of movement? 3. Write the rhyming words of the stanza.

Without either sign or sound of their shock, The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock;

So little they rose, so little they fell, They did not move the Inchcape Bell.

Without either sign or sound of their shock, a The waves flowed over the Inchcape Rock; a So little they rose, so little they fell, b They did not move the Inchcape Bell. b Rhyme Scheme The rhyme scheme is ‘aa, bb. ’

The good old Abbot of Aberbrothok Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock:

On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung, And over the waves its warning rung.

The good old Abbot of Aberbrothok Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock: On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung, And over the waves its warning rung.

Please try it out (a)Who had placed the Bell on the Inchcape Rock? (b) How did the bell work? (c) What is the central idea of the above stanza?

When the Rock was hid by the surges' swell, The mariners heard the warning bell; And then they knew the perilous Rock, And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok. surges

Please try it out “When the Rock was hid by the surges’ swell, The mariners heard the warning bell; And then they knew the perilous Rock, And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok. ” (a) When did the mariners hear the warning bell? How was the Rock ‘perilous’? (b) What is the rhyming scheme of the above stanza?

How good are you at this? l l l l What is the message conveyed through the poem? Why did the Rover cut the bell from the buoy? Where was the Inchcape bell? Who had put it there and why? Why were the mariners grateful to the Abbot? 5. How do you know the weather was pleasant when Ralph the Rover began his journey? What is the mood prevalent at the end of the poem? The poem is a ballad. Justify. The Inchcape Rock’ is a poem about sin and punishment. Elaborate

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