Part 1: Choose a Romantic Poem. Romantic literature champions the beauty of the world and the inherent goodness of human beings, and Romantic verse is highly structured and deeply traditional. Modernism frequently defines itself as a reaction against and a rejection of romanticism. Modernist poets viewed Romantic poetry as a remnant of the nineteenth century. Modernists did not think that writing as the Romantics did in the 1800s could effectively capture their twentieth-century world or their experiences in that world. Begin this assignment by choosing a Romantic poem from the nineteenth century that you intend to rewrite in a way that incorporates typically modernist qualities. You can find numerous examples of nineteenth-century Romantic poetry on pages 83-112 of your Journeys anthology. For example, William Wordsworth's 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,' which appears on pages 90-91 of your anthology, is a well-known Romantic poem. Note: You may not use this poem in your answer.
