After reading “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” a narrative poem in seven parts, discuss the purpose and power of storytelling. Explain how storytelling may be considered a necessary moral act. Use must use “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” to prove your point throughout the essay.
https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/rime-ancient-mariner-text-1834
The speaker in Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” reflects on the significance of two events remembered from personal experience: his visits, spaced roughly five years apart, to the banks of the River Wye. Wordsworth’s meditation on the significance for his life of both experiences and of the relationship between them provides the structure as well as the subject matter of “Tintern Abbey.” Comment on these experiences, explaining the differences, emotionally, spiritually, and perhaps physically that have taken place and the significance of the growth that takes place for Wordsworth.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45527/lines-composed-a-few-miles-above-tintern-abbey-on-revisiting-the-banks-of-the-wye-during-a-tour-july-13-1798
Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” has fascinated generations of readers because of the inherent mystery and suggestiveness of its main images. Interpret the central vision in “Kubla Khan” by analyzing the use of imagery and figurative language. You must show examples of these literary elements throughout while explaining the central vision of the poem.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan
The Romantic poets were often attracted to autumn as a time of change and transition—yet their poetic approaches to this season could differ radically. Write an essay in which you compare Keats’s “To Autumn” with Shelley’s “Ode to the West Wind.” Focus your three points of contrast or comparison on what each poem expresses about the changes characteristic of autumn. You must quote from each poem, as well as from a secondary source.
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44484/to-autumn
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45134/ode-to-the-west-wind
