Romantic poetry

Romantic period poetry refers to poetry written within ‘an international artistic and philosophical movement that redefined the fundamental ways in which people in Western cultures thought about themselves and about their world’ . By critically dissecting Blake’s ‘London’ (1794) and Wordsworth’s ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’ (1802) , this essay will explore the ways in which the romantic poets employ formal devices to shape the meaning of their poems. Although both poets are describing…

strands took Kashmiri poetry to new horizons. He is highly honored for introducing new style, themes, thoughts and subjects in Kashmiri poetry. He embodied subjects like development, revolution, patriotism, love, joy, nature, beauty in his poetry. He talked about progress of Kashmiris’ and awakened people from slumber by his lively new literary form. He penned down his work in Persian, Urdu and Kashmiri languages and mainly in three forms vachan, gazal and nazam. His poetry is mainly divided in…

Alfred Tennyson’s attitude towards nature and human life Tennyson’s poetry can be seen in his treatment of and approach to Nature. Like Shelley, he presents the various aspects of Nature with a scientific accuracy and precision of detail. Influenced by the evolutionary theory, he discards the traditional idea of a benevolent and motherly Nature, and brings out her fiercer aspects as well. He also finds Nature ‘red in tooth and claw’, and shows the cruelty perpetrated in the form of the…

William Wordsworth was a prolific writer and nature lover. As the bulk of his poetry is concerned he has four periods; the early period, the period of gloom, the glorious decade, and the period of decline. Wordsworth poetic life began in the early period. The poems of the Gloom period marks the poet’s tortured state of mind. His state of mind was clearly reflected in the remarkable poem, Guilt and Sorrow. It reveals the story of cruel wrongs suffered by an innocent woman as a result of war.…

and Nazik Al-Malaika. Her “Cholera” (1947) is known as a revolution in the Arabic poetry. Both poets’ innovation changes the poetry of their nation. But they don’t entirely reject the poetic tradition of their country. The two poets’ critical writings were also a point of similarity. Another point of similarity between the two is the influence of social situations on them. Sharia’ti (2009) juxtaposes Persian New Poetry with its Kurdish counterpart. The two poetic…

“Delightful scenes, whether in nature, painting, or poetry, have a kindly influence on the body, as well as the mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the imagination, but are able to disperse grief and melancholy, and to set the animal spirits in pleasing and agreeable motions”. The most important consideration when asking if this quote from Joseph Addison is invariably true is the definition of the word delightful. If ‘delightful’ is taken to mean ‘causing delight’, then the quote…

that began at the end of the 18th century and according to René Wellek, English poets of the time were part of a coherent group, with the same view of poetry and mind. By discussing Wordsworth's poem I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud and Charlotte Smith's Written at the Close of Spring, this essays demonstrates how in fact two great poets of the Romantic period had different points of view regarding nature as a main theme, their personal mindsets and their poetic style. In his poem I Wondered…

The romantic movement that thrived in the early nineteenth century was made up of artists, writers, musicians, and others who made a plea to the intellectual culture of the time to free human emotion and expression of personality (Perry et al. 505). Though the emphasis on individuality created complexities among different romantics in what romanticism truly could be define as, it ultimately "exalted imagination, intuition, and feelings" (Perry et al. 506), and emphasized humans "innate love of…

Zhanqiao Liang Professor’s name: Professor Jenni Course: Eng 111 11/21/2017 Pessimism in 20th Century War Poetry There is often a current theme in works created in each time period. While the Romantic period took on the theme of imagination and emotion, the Victorian Era took on the theme of knowledge and reason. However, when the time came for the 20th century, the lives of the writers were forced to take on a new theme. This was the theme of pessimism. Many of the works were written…

expensive metal, he may actually be referring to the invaluable beauty of blossoming spring "...because the pale green leaves of early spring are gold like in their light-reflecting tints, as well as in their preciousness and promise (Modern American Poetry)." Nature is a recurring topic in the poem, the concept speaks of humanity in a way as one analysis stated, "The "nature" in the first line may also be human nature, or the lifetime of a person in comparison to the seasons of the natural…