Monday, 29 September 2008

Week 5 - Essay due Wednesday

Thanks so much to everyone for presenting really intelligent, interesting and well-researched seminars on your assigned poems. I really have been impressed with your efforts, and am continually struck by how much effort some of you are putting into your studies. This augers well for the remainder of the year, and I will be eager to hear of your progress even when I'm on maternity leave...so please maitain your efforts so we can all celebrate together next August when thos results come through :)

Essay:

How does 'Tintern Abbey' demonstrate Wordsworth's belief in nature's importance in the development of the individual's mind?

Discuss with reference to Romanticism and at least one other poem you have studied.

Date due: Wednesday 1/10/08

(I suggest you consolidate your understanding of the poem by reading the additional notes on the poem in the booklet)

Good luck!

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