12/5/2020 Lesson Activity: Analyzing Romanticism in Spanish Poetry
Lesson Activity
Analyzing Romanticism in Spanish Poetry
This activity will help you meet these educational goals:
You will demonstrate an understanding of gurative language, word relationships, and
nuances in word meanings.
You will analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure speci c parts of a text
contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
You will write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics using
valid reasoning and relevant evidence.
Directions
Read the instructions for this self-checked activity. Submit your response to each question and
check your answers. At the end of the activity, write a brief evaluation of your work.
Activity
Although Byron, Shelley, and Keats may be considered the most in uential British Romantic
poets, Romanticism also took root in Spanish-language poetry. In this activity, you’ll analyze the
poem "To His Horse" by the Cuban poet José María Heredia. Heredia was one of the rst
Romantic poets of the Americas, ushering in an era of Latin American Romanticism. He spent
part of his life in exile in the United States and Mexico, and his nostalgia for his homeland of Cuba
are woven throughout his poems in dreamy depictions of nature.
Part A
Question 1
Question
, 12/5/2020 Lesson Activity: Analyzing Romanticism in Spanish Poetry
Read the poem " To His Horse " to answer the following questions.
Which features of Romanticism does the poem have? Select all options that apply.
logic and practicality
inner emotions and imagination
individual experiences
science and technology
Correct!
Explanation:
"To His Horse" features the inner emotions and imagination of the narrator, who considers
the horse his friend. He imagines the horse carrying him across the plain, and the fantasy
shows his individual experience with the horse. Logic, practicality, science, and technology
are features of Neoclassicism, and don’t apply to the poem's subject or tone.
Lesson Activity
Analyzing Romanticism in Spanish Poetry
This activity will help you meet these educational goals:
You will demonstrate an understanding of gurative language, word relationships, and
nuances in word meanings.
You will analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure speci c parts of a text
contribute to its overall structure and meaning as well as its aesthetic impact.
You will write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics using
valid reasoning and relevant evidence.
Directions
Read the instructions for this self-checked activity. Submit your response to each question and
check your answers. At the end of the activity, write a brief evaluation of your work.
Activity
Although Byron, Shelley, and Keats may be considered the most in uential British Romantic
poets, Romanticism also took root in Spanish-language poetry. In this activity, you’ll analyze the
poem "To His Horse" by the Cuban poet José María Heredia. Heredia was one of the rst
Romantic poets of the Americas, ushering in an era of Latin American Romanticism. He spent
part of his life in exile in the United States and Mexico, and his nostalgia for his homeland of Cuba
are woven throughout his poems in dreamy depictions of nature.
Part A
Question 1
Question
, 12/5/2020 Lesson Activity: Analyzing Romanticism in Spanish Poetry
Read the poem " To His Horse " to answer the following questions.
Which features of Romanticism does the poem have? Select all options that apply.
logic and practicality
inner emotions and imagination
individual experiences
science and technology
Correct!
Explanation:
"To His Horse" features the inner emotions and imagination of the narrator, who considers
the horse his friend. He imagines the horse carrying him across the plain, and the fantasy
shows his individual experience with the horse. Logic, practicality, science, and technology
are features of Neoclassicism, and don’t apply to the poem's subject or tone.
