Romantic poetry

The Romantic movement provided readers with works consisting of passionate emotion, an appreciation for the natural world, and individualism. Elements of Romanticism have been recognized in works from a multitude of different cultures. Significantly, William Wordsworth is widely known as one of the great English Romantic poets. In addition, Walt Whitman, an American poet, has also been acknowledged for the Romantic elements in his works. Although both poets are from two different cultures, their…

Keats, in To Autumn, offers a very similar message to that of Shelley, and once again displays how some of the most well-known Romantics often engage with society instead of fleeing from it. Autumn is also used to set the tone in this poem, and whilst Autumn for many may produce visions of the death and decay, Keats urges us to remember that it is the “close bosom-friend of the maturing sun”. The state imposed on the world by autumn is one of darkness and rot, yet this seasonal change is…

mind of the poet. “The poem was written in Shelley is one of many romantic poets who have an adoration of nature and uses it is a recurring theme in this poem, as the poet addresses the forces of nature in a personalized way. The poem praises the West Wind as it forms and observation of the wind in the mind of the poet. The imagination of the poet plays a vital role in constructing poetry which signifies the liberation that the Romantic Movement speaks about. Therefore this essay aims to…

It is this position of power in conjunction with his comments on the scientific community of the Victorian age in his poetry that Tennyson gained the eye of scientists and intellectuals of the day, who found validation and public sympathy through Tennyson and his poetry. Tennyson was of great value to the scientific community because of his standing with society as a “public moralist.” With science and knowledge’s unstable relationship with the religious public, Tennyson served as a connection…

In this essay I will explore why female poets should be included in the Romantic canon. I will firstly look at Charlotte Smith who, arguably, began the Romanticism tradition since she predates and influenced William Wordsworth. By looking at Smith’s ‘Written in the Church-Yard at Middleton in Sussex,’ from Elegiac Sonnets, and Beachy Head, I hope to express the connection between Smith’s poetry and Wordsworth’s. Anna Letitia Barbauld was another influence upon the male canonical writers.…

Relation between nature and Romantic poets and the purposes behind: Romantic poetry is regarded as a reliable discourse to understand nature. One can find written version of nature in literature by reading Romantics. We can say that Romantic poetry is zone of nature. People of urban society read Romantics to reduce their stress and monotonous. Romantic nature poems play a vital role in connecting modern people to the nature world. At the same time readers connect nature to Romantics. In the…

of their readers towards mountains, rivers, stars and deserts. Iqbal and Wordsworth infuse new soul to the dead bodies via their poetry, both the poets not only have similar ideas about nature, but also have similar idea about the function of poetry. Wordsworth says poetry is “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings”(Lyrical Ballads 2003,8) and he also says “poetry comes from the heart and goes to the heart”(Rickett-Compton 2011,302). Like Wordsworth, Iqbal believes that a word whenever comes…

Throughout the Romantic Era, literature, particularly poetry, began to encaptivate the sublime within nature and poets were drawn to vivid and imaginative descriptions of the natural world. Following this period of innovation, Emily Dickinson arose and through a distinctive meter and form, took continued to integrate ideas of nature into poetry. Dickinson took a more realist approach and wrote with a unique individuality which while unpopular at the time, now stands as some of America’s most…

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took voyage to the wild seas away from the real world of men. Romantics gave a luxuriant display of natural objects. They adorned, devoted, loved, followed and accepted nature religiously. They had enjoyed various bonds, ties, and relationships with nature- it being their guide, friend, philosopher, generator, provider and many more. The Victorian Age was such a period in the history of English literature where all earlier Romantics’ concepts of nature especially of Wordsworth were being…