Literatureproject
VWO 5
Table of contents
Foreword....................................................................................................................................................... 2
,Canterbury Tales............................................................................................................................................ 4
The Friar’s Tale.....................................................................................................................................................4
Middle Ages................................................................................................................................................... 7
Sumer is icumen in (also known as ‘the Cuckoo song’)........................................................................................7
Renaissance................................................................................................................................................... 8
On my first son by Ben Jonson..............................................................................................................................8
I find no peace by Sir Thomas Wyatt....................................................................................................................9
Enlightenment............................................................................................................................................. 10
On his blindness by John Milton.........................................................................................................................10
Sound and Sense by Alexander Pope.................................................................................................................11
Romantic Period.......................................................................................................................................... 12
To autumn by John Keats...................................................................................................................................12
Victorian period........................................................................................................................................... 16
In an Artist’s studio by Christina Rosetti............................................................................................................16
The Valley of Unrest by Edgar Ellen Poe............................................................................................................17
Own poem................................................................................................................................................... 19
Turning tides.......................................................................................................................................................19
Bibliography................................................................................................................................................ 20
Foreword
Dear reader,
Our English teacher gave us an assignment where we had to analyze multiple poems from
different literary periods. We also had to answer all kinds of questions about them. All of our
work is bundled up in this reader.
2
, In total we have read and analyzed 11 different poems, including a poem we wrote ourselves.
Furthermore, this reader contains an evaluation of our collaboration on this project and a
bibliography with all the used sources.
Have fun reading.
3
VWO 5
Table of contents
Foreword....................................................................................................................................................... 2
,Canterbury Tales............................................................................................................................................ 4
The Friar’s Tale.....................................................................................................................................................4
Middle Ages................................................................................................................................................... 7
Sumer is icumen in (also known as ‘the Cuckoo song’)........................................................................................7
Renaissance................................................................................................................................................... 8
On my first son by Ben Jonson..............................................................................................................................8
I find no peace by Sir Thomas Wyatt....................................................................................................................9
Enlightenment............................................................................................................................................. 10
On his blindness by John Milton.........................................................................................................................10
Sound and Sense by Alexander Pope.................................................................................................................11
Romantic Period.......................................................................................................................................... 12
To autumn by John Keats...................................................................................................................................12
Victorian period........................................................................................................................................... 16
In an Artist’s studio by Christina Rosetti............................................................................................................16
The Valley of Unrest by Edgar Ellen Poe............................................................................................................17
Own poem................................................................................................................................................... 19
Turning tides.......................................................................................................................................................19
Bibliography................................................................................................................................................ 20
Foreword
Dear reader,
Our English teacher gave us an assignment where we had to analyze multiple poems from
different literary periods. We also had to answer all kinds of questions about them. All of our
work is bundled up in this reader.
2
, In total we have read and analyzed 11 different poems, including a poem we wrote ourselves.
Furthermore, this reader contains an evaluation of our collaboration on this project and a
bibliography with all the used sources.
Have fun reading.
3
