Welcome to Multimedia Class Teachers Identity Md Mashiur

Welcome to Multimedia Class

Teacher’s Identity Md. Mashiur Rahman Lecturer in English Kalni Islamia Fazil Madrasah Kalni, Gazipur Sadar, Gazipur Cell phone: 01917962219 E-mail: mashiurminu 1983@gmail. com Class- Alim/ xi/xii Subject- English For Today (English 1 st paper)

Our today’s topic is Unit-Ten : Dreams. Lesson-2: Dream Poems. (Part-1. Introduction. )

Learning Outcomes After finishing the lesson, the students will be able to- q. Read and understand the text. q. Know about the poet. q. Learn the literary terms. q. Write down the questions spontaneously.

Reading and understanding the text. William Wordsworth (1770 -1850), the great Romantic poet, considered poets dreamers because they have the ability to turn our wish, our power, our thought into “a deed”.

Reading and understanding the text. Poets give voice to what we desire and strive hard to achieve. They write about the dreams of lovers, men of action, patriots, social reformers, workers and just about anyone given to imagining a better tomorrow for themselves and for others. Dream of social reformer Dream of workers

Information about the poet Born April 7, 1770, Cockermouth, United Kingdom Died April 23, 1850, Rydal Mount & Gardens, Rydal, United Kingdom Famous works Lyrical Ballads, The Prelude, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, Awards Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Poetry, .

Individual Work Write down the salient features of William Wordsworth as Romantic poet”?

Poets who wrote on Dreams. D. H. Lawrence (1885 -1930) was an English novelist, poet and essayist. He wrote the famous poem, "Dreams”.

Langston Hughes (1902 -1967) was an American poet, novelist and playwright. He also wrote the poem, “Dreams. ”

Open the text book at page- 126 & read silently.

Romantic poetry is the poetry of the Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18 th century. It involved a reaction against prevailing Enlightenment ideas of the 18 th century, and lasted approximately from 1800 to 1850. Literary term Characteristics of English Romantic poetry The Sublime Reaction against Neoclassicism Imagination Nature Melancholy Supernaturalism Subjectivity Dream etc.

Some Romantic poets. Literary term William Wordsworth S. T. Coleridge Jhon Keats. P. B. Shelly John Byron etc.

Evaluation Answer the following questions. 1. What is dream? 2. Why do we dream? 3. Where was William Wordsworth born? 4. Write down the names of 5 poems of William Wordsworth. 5. What is the nationality of the poet Langston Hughes?

Pair Work Write down various kinds of dreams which are generally written by the poets.

Home Work Why did William Wordsworth consider poets as dreamers? Write in your own words.

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