Instruction
Write a short (approx. 1 page double spaced) paper where you discuss the Norton poem you read for today. In your discussion, consider any gothic conventions (motifs or themes) you see in the poem that were also in the Castle of Otranto. You might also consider how the poem (or certain elements of it) illustrates Thackers concept of the world-without-us.
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Notron poem is this one:
"A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal"
A slumber did my spirit seal
I had no human fears:
She seemed a thing that could not feel
The touch of earthly years.
No motion has she now, no force;
She neither hears nor sees;
Rolled round in earth's diurnal course,
With rocks, and stones, and trees.
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the gothic conventions of the Castle of Otranto. Thaker is the author of the castle of Otranto.
And here a youtube show you some of the gothic conventions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422503916&x-yt-cl=85027636&v=bXiL61-xlMw#t=384