‘Ode to a Nightingale’(1819) is a typical poem of a Romantic poet like John Keats, but
‘The Nightingale’(1798) is an uncharacteristic poem of a Romantic poet like Coleridge.
The paper proposes a comparison between Coleridge’s ‘The Nightingale’ and Keats’
‘Ode to a Nightingale’.Coleridge’s poem diverges from the Romantic norm; it carries some
characteristics new to Romantic poetry like the realistic and objective portrayals of nature and
the nightingale, while Keats’ poem adhere to the characteristics of Romantic poetry; it
portrays nature and the nightingale subjectively and unrealistically. Coleridge’s poem is very
much influenced by the scientific approaches to environment, and natural history which have
emerged at the end of the 18th C., and this influence has led Coleridge to diverge from the
Romantic norm, while Keats’ Ode does not react to this emergence, it preserves the prominent
features of Romantic poetry, though it follows Coleridge’s poem in not more than twenty one
years.
The paper is divided into two sections, and a conclusion. The first section, ‘Coleridge’s
Divergence from the Romantic Norm’starts with presenting Coleridge as the conventional
Romantic poet who is not different from Keats nor any other major Romantic poet in
depicting nature and the nightingale in most of his poems, with the aim to highlight his
sudden divergence from his Romantic line in ‘The Nightingale’. The part moves to discuss
Coleridge’s abandonment of the characteristics previously mentioned of Romantic poetry in
his ‘The Nightingale’ through his realistic and objective approaches to the nightingale which
come as a reaction to the occurrence of natural and ornithological studies.
The second section, ‘Keats’ Adherence to the Romantic Norm’ discusses Keats’
preservation of the prominent characteristics of Romantic poetry in his ‘Ode to a Nightingale’
like escapism, allusion, imitation of Milton, the unrealistic and subjective approaches to
nature and the nightingale,and degenderization of the nightingale which all point out Keats’
disregard for the occurrence of scientific approaches to nature and the bird at the time.
Finally, the conclusion sums up the findings of the study.
Teachers' self-efficacy plays a very important role in the process of teaching English language, and teachers have primary role in determining what is needed or what would work best with their students. The sample consists of eighty-seven English language teachers in secondary schools in Baghdad/Kaarkh2. Self-efficacy questionnaire of fifteen items was constructed. Face, content validity and reliability were verified. Then, pupils' marks for the first semester were taken as their achievement.The main finding of the study indicates that:
English language teachers' self-efficacy has effect on their pupils' achievement.
In the light of the findings of the present study, several conclusions, recommendations and suggestions for further
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