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Love’s Philosophy Percy Bysshe Shelley

LO: To gain an understanding of the poem. Love’s Philosophy Percy Bysshe Shelley. What is Philosophy? The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline.

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Love’s Philosophy Percy Bysshe Shelley

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  1. LO: To gain an understanding of the poem. Love’s PhilosophyPercy Bysshe Shelley What is Philosophy? The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline. A theory or attitude that acts as a guiding principle for behaviour. An argument or a way-of-thinking. Logical laws that you must abide by. Which do you think best applies to this poem?

  2. SMILE – What do you think the meaning is? • Basically trying to convince a woman he likes to kiss him. • How is he doing this? • By suggesting …. • It is against nature to be single? • Nature is nothing without love? • It’s natural to be together?

  3. Stanza 1 – part A The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the Ocean, The winds of Heaven mixforever With a sweet emotion; What do the words in red all have in common? This is called a semantic field of nature A group of words relating to the same topic. What do the words in purple have connotations of? Blend, join, combine, intertwine, fusion, link What is being suggested in these lines? What’s the importance of these techniques? Syndetic Listing A list joined with a conjunction (usually and) Enjambment

  4. Stanza 1 – part B • What’s powerful about the first line? • Why do you think he’s mentioned law? • And teamed it with divine? • What technique is used in the final line? • Direct address– direct to the woman – makes it more serious. • Rhetorical Question – Persuasive, asking the woman a direct question – getting to the point. Nothing in the world is single; All things by a law divine In one another’s being mingle – why not I with thine?

  5. Stanza 2 – Part A Seethe mountains kisshigh Heaven Andthe waves claspone another; No sister flower would be forgiven If it disdain’d its brother:

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