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The Pre-Raphaelites BY:Yasmeen Ebanks MIRAGE HE hope I dreamed of was a dream, Was but a dream; and now I wake Exceeding comfortless, and worn, and __old__, For a dream's sake.
 * **1832-1901 ** |||| The Victorian Period ||
 * || 1848-1860 || The Pre-Raphaelites ||
 * || 1880-1901 || Aestheticism and Decadence ||
 * // by: Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) //**

I hang my harp upon a tree, A weeping willow in a lake; I hang my silenced harp there, wrung and snapt For a dream's sake.

Lie still, lie still, my breaking heart; My silent heart, lie still and break: Life, and the world, and mine own self, are changed For a dream's sake.

"Mirage, by Christina Rossetti." //Poetry Archive//. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. .

The Pre-Raphaelite was introduced towards the middle of the 19th century from 1848-1860. It was formed by a small group of various England artist that wanted to create a society in which they created a new British art. They reacted to this movement as a “truth to nature,” when they started this Pre-Raphaelite movement. Since they admired the early 15th century so much, these group of artist felt as though they were a seven artist brotherhood, regardless of sex type. During this time art was characterized by bright colors. But they wanted to bring a different description to art. Even though everyone worshiped Raphael, the greatest master of the Renaissance, these artist saw differently. These friends eventually rebelled his work and formed a secret society in which they named it the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood. The Pre-Raphaelite embraced both realism and symbolism. These paintings were usually serious art works that revealed religious or romantic pieces. In 1849 when the brotherhood released their first art works, they initially caused dilemmas as well. Their religious paintings had offended people heavily. However, the exhibit still maintained to exhibit the Pre-Raphaelite exhibit. Their works depicted old images but continued to be judged in the present.

**Source Citation** "Pre-Raphaelites." //Merriam Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature//. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1995. //Academic// //OneFile//. Web. 2 Apr. 2012. []

The Pre-Raephelites By: Meagan Hoffman IN CABIN'D SHIPS AT SEA. By: Walt Whitman

The boundless blue on every side expanding, With whistling winds and music of the waves, the large imperious waves, Or some lone bark buoy'd on the dense marines Where joyous full of faith, spreading white sails, She cleaves the ether mid the sparkle and the foam of day, or under many a star at night, By sailors __young__ and old haply will I, a reminiscence of the land, be read, In full rapport at last. Here are our thoughts, voyagers' thoughts, Here not the land, firm land, alone appears, may then by them be said, The sky o'erarches here, we feel the undulating deck beneath our feet, We feel the long pulsation, ebb and flow of endless motion, The tones of unseen mystery, the vague and vast sug- gestions of the briny world, the liquid-flowing syllables, The __perfume__, the faint creaking of the cordage, the melancholy rhythm, The boundless vista and the horizon far and dim are all here, And this is ocean's poem. ||  || "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea, by Walt Whitman." //Whitmanarchive// //.// Web. 02 April 2012. [] Critical Article Summary about Walt Whitman This critical article is about Walt Whitman's poetry life and about the first slim now monstrous novel of his many poems. It started off with twelve poems and a preface. He sent this version to Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson loved the book and now a famous line from the letter Emerson wrote to Whitman says:"I greet you at the beginning of a great career." Soon, Whitman came out with the second version with thirty-three poems. Over time, the book became larger and larger, ending with 383 poems at Whitman's death. Whitman's book has 14 sections, described to be their own separate books in one. Walt wrote in free verse, so it did not follow the tradition British poetry of the time. However, Whitman's poems sprawled over many topics and point-of-views which many people enjoyed. Many critics would say that because he wrote in free verse, that his poems were not so good. However, Henry David Thoreau though otherwise. He said that Whitman's poems were " I find that I am not disturbed by any brag or egoism in his book. He may turn out the least of a braggart of all, having a better right to be confident." Whitman is a man of high praise and high criticism. It has been that way century after century. "Introduction to Leaves of Grass." //Poets.org.// Web. 02 April 2012. [] "In Cabin'd Ships at Sea" by Walt Whitman Poetry Essay
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The Aestheticism and Decadence By: Erin Amenta MADONNA MIA by: Oscar Wilde A LILY-GIRL, not made for this world's pain, With brown, soft hair close braided by her ears, And longing eyes half veiled by slumberous tears Like bluest water seen through mists of rain: Pale cheeks whereon no love hath left its stain, Red underlip drawn in for fear of love, And white throat, whiter than the silvered dove, Through whose wan marble creeps one purple __vein__. Yet, though my lips shall praise her without cease, Even to kiss her feet I am not bold, Being o'ershadowed by the wings of awe, Like Dante, when he stood with Beatrice Beneath the flaming Lion's breast, and saw The seventh Crystal, and the Stair of Gold.

'Madonna Mia' was originally published in Kottabos (1877) under the title Wasted Days. It was entirely rewritten for Poems (1881). "Madonna Mia, by Oscar Wilde." //Poetry Archive//. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. [].

By Sophie Loika Aestheticism (Aesthetic Decadence Movement) was a European art movement in the 19th century that emphasized the aesthetic beauty and values of art, literature, and life rather than moral or social truths. Lead writers and artists of the movement believed that life should imitate art and not the other way around. The poet, D.G. Rossetti, often wrote poems (such as the one below) about how poetic form and content are both needed to create a masterpiece.
 * Aesthetic Decadence**

A Sonnet is a moment's monument,-- Memorial from the Soul's eternity To one dead deathless hour. Look that it be, Whether for lustral rite or dire portent, Of its own intricate fulness reverent: Carve it in ivory or in ebony, As Day or Night prevail; and let Time see flowering crest impearled and orient
 * T**** HE S**** ONNET ** D. G. Rossetti

A Sonnet is a coin: its face reveals The soul,--its converse, to what Power 'tis due:-- Whether for tribute to the august appeals Of Life, or dower in Love's high retinueIt serve; or, 'mid the dark wharf's cavernous breath, In Charon's palm it pay the toll to Death.

Felluga, D. F.. "A Reading of Rossetti's "The Sonnet"." //Career Account Web Pages//. N.p., n.d. Web. 2 Apr. 2012. [].

Rossetti gave this poem to his mom on her __80th birthday__ along with a painting of her. Rosseti often had paintings that correlated with the theme of his poems. He also painted interpretations of other renaissance poems that came before him. This is an image based on his interpretation of Dante’s //Inferno//.

In the critical article I read, J.A. Symonds suggests that Rossetti is one of the greatest sonnet writers in history. Symonds pointed out the Rossetti does not introduce a word without a “defined pregnancy”. The author of the article also felt that Rossetti’s weakness in poetry is that he leaves a lot to the imagination. I don’t think that this is necessarily a weakness, but just a fundamental characteristic of his style. The article describes other works by Rossetti such as his Ballads. His Ballads were also representative of the Aesthetic Decadence movement. Symonds, J. A. "Notes on Mr. D. G. Rossetti's New Poems." //DISCovering Authors//. Detroit: Gale, 2003. //Student Resources in Context//. Web. 2 Apr. 2012. []

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