Romantic poetry

represent the Romantic-era, among which is William Wordsworth and William Blake. They were the oldest pioneering figures who were leading the literary movement. The younger pioneering figures of poets include Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats. During the early nineteenth century, Lord Byron was a so popular poet who had a distinguishing style in writing his poems that were mainly connected to the concept of Romanticism in this era; consequently, he was a prominent romantic poet…

Such sites of cultural mobility where Ali discusses about ‘Bhairavi’ and ‘ghazal’ opens window to rich excavation from the exotic east. In the poem “The Season of the Plains” from his volume The Half Inch Himalayas Ali make mention of the ‘Banaras thumri-singers’. The verbal structure relates to an art form which defines the unique style originated in Banaras. The poet’s language here is referential of a region that relates to its musical tradition. For a western reader ‘Banaras thumri singers’…

valley. The poem was composed as that were travelling from Tintern to Bristol. The poem was written down only when the poet reached Bristol. It is Tintern Abbey that we see for the first time Wordsworth as a true worshipper of nature. It shows his romantic passion for nature and in which he gives us highly emotional descriptions of the effects of the outer works upon his own inner self. The poet revisits the Wye after a lapse of five years and the old pictures revives in his mind. He looks…

William Wordsworth “The Daffodils” “The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth, this poem is a typical romantic poem that reflects the essence of romanticism, Now after this being said, I will discuss how the poem embodies the features of romanticism and how it illuminates the personal life of the poet whilst transcending the private into a human public experience, also the importance of the context in inspiring this poem and the secret collaboration of writing between Wordsworth and his…

suppressing senses and the methods of creating an abundance of believable sensation with limited senses. Key words: Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn, sensation 1 Introduction John Keats, one of the main figures of Romantic poets, made contribution to English poetry with some of the most beautiful sensory language, notably in the series of odes. To Autumn is considered…

they view the world, more and more art works focuses on common, daily, and relatable topics instead of the formal ones. Nowadays, scholars name this period as the Romantic Movement. In poetry, poets at this time emphasizes their emotional experiences and apply a great amount of luscious and vivacious imagery and symbolism. In the romantic ballad “A Red, Red Nose”, Robert Burns writes to his lover and tells her his love using charming and enchanting words, however, Burns did not restrict this…

gardener Fancy e’er could feign” (62). In his discussion on Hölderlin, Heidegger reminds us that the poetic is not “merely an ornament and bonus added to dwelling” – but its simultaneous goal and condition. As the appeal to “poesy” in “Sleep and Poetry” tells us, its “sanctuary” carries the promise of “clear air, / Smoothed from intoxication by the breath / Of flowering bays” (56–58). In Endymion, we have already seen how “the flowery band” of beauty that grounds the being easily turns into the…

The Romantic Lyric is defined by many varying qualities including a focus on “nature […] wild and untamed natural settings”, “rejection of reason as the organizing principle for art and society”, and an urge to “valorize the ordinary individual” (322). Romantic poets turned “away from the manners and artifices of social life” and instead “celebrated the beauties of the vast skies and towering mountains” (322) because the were tired of the looming pressures that the Industrial Revolution had…

Words, the way we convey thoughts, ideas, and the very essence of who we are. Words can construct something very beautiful or they can irradiate that same thing in a very instant. This unique stance is held very clearly in Galway Kinnell’s poem Blackberry Eating. Kinnell utilizes the use of metaphors to compare each aspect of the luscious blackberry to the beauty of words. This lusciousness of words can either be shown in the direct meaning of the word or the broken down deeper meaning sometimes…

Wodsworth. William Wordsworth happens to be a very important writer during this period of romanticism who may have brought to light many common views of how nature plays an important part of interpretation when it comes to literary works, in this case poetry. A more likely poet to share a common opinion in literature happens to be a poet who is known as John Keats. John Keats composed many works regarding the literary take on nature, especially within one of his most commonly shared poem “Ode to…