Choose one or two works from the Romantic Period readings from our course syllabus (this can include anything from the beginning of the semester through Frankenstein, not including the Romantic Period introductory section or any authors’ biographies, though you may include information from these pieces in your analysis of the literature).

Choose one or two works from the Romantic Period readings from our course syllabus (this can include anything from the beginning of the semester through Frankenstein, not including the Romantic Period introductory section or any authors’ biographies, though you may include information from these pieces in your analysis of the literature). Follow the Analytical Essay Guidelines from the Word document linked above these instructions to help you write this essay. As you plan out your essay, remember some of the themes we talked about during these first few weeks of the semester, including:
Nature
Emotion
Irrationality
Individuality
Imagination
Spontaneity
Reverence for medieval romance and adventure
Revolution and rebellion
Defiance of rules and traditions
Focus on the unusual, the monstrous, and even the occult
Remember that an analysis is not a summary, so don’t get too caught up reiterating what the poetry says or what plot points occur within the prose. Analysis should answer questions such as:
Who?
What?
When and where?
Why?
How?
Why should we care?
Unlimited submission attempts are allowed between now and the due date. You may view the SafeAssign similarity rating and report to ensure that you have not failed to cite quotations properly or committed other forms of plagiarism, accidental or intentional. All citations should be in MLA format. All sources that you use in any capacity, including the literature itself and any author biographies or the Romantic Period introduction from the anthology, as well as any outside sources you may have consulted, must be cited. I will only grade the final submission prior to the due date, so take advantage of this opportunity to ensure that you have not committed any kind of academic dishonesty or improper citation of sources, and please do not hesitate to ask me if you have any questions.

Listed below is a list of all of the material we have had to read that you can base this essay off of and use as source material

William Blake (1757-1827) (Vol. D pp. 122-125)
From Songs of Innocence (Vol. D pp. 127-134)
From Songs of Experience (Vol. D pp. 134-145)
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) (Vol. D pp. 280-282)
I wandered lonely as a cloud (Vol. D pp. 345-346)
London, 1802 (click the link)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) (Vol. D pp. 441-444)
The Eolian Harp (Vol. D pp. 444-445)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Vol. D pp. 448-464)
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) (Vol. D pp. 763-766)
Mutability (Vol. D p. 766)
Mont Blanc (Vol. D pp. 784-788)
Ozymandias (Vol. D pp. 790-791)
England in 1819 (Vol. D p. 805)
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) (Vol. D pp. 1030-1032)
Frankenstein

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