Romantic poets

William Cullen Bryant was an influential Romantic poet in the 1800s. Common themes such as nature appear in many of Bryant’s poems. His poem “Thanatopsis” speaks directly to those who share a “love of Nature,” offering comfort regarding thoughts of death. Bryant’s use of structure, imagery, and selection of detail creates a unique perspective of death. Bryant opens “Thanatopsis” by vividly describing one’s relationship with nature. He creates an image of a humanlike nature by using phrases such as “she speaks” and “she glides.” Bryant reflects on how during pleasant times nature has “a voice of gladness, and a smile….” His selection of detail shows readers that nature rejoices in one’s happiness. But “When thoughts of the last bitter hour come like a blight/Over thy spirit…” nature lovers may go out and take comfort in “Nature’s teachings.” Bryant’s description of how nature lovers view nature when they are experiencing different emotions creates a vivid image of nature and how they perceive it with different emotions. In the second section of “Thanatopsis,” lines 18-30, Bryant attempts to comfort lovers of nature by explaining that they will become a part of nature after. He writes, “Earth, that nourished thee shall claim…” to convey that Earth will…

Romantic Poets write about life, death and, nature to express how they are feeling about the idea they are writing about. Romantic poets use figurative language to help understand the theme they are trying to imply through their poems. In “The Cross of Snow” by Longfellow, and “The First Snowfall’ by Lowell, both authors develop different themes, but they write about a similar topic and use similar poetic devices to integrate their theme into their writing. In the poem “The First Snowfall,”…

“Dover Beach”: In his “Dover Beach,” Matthew Arnold employs images related to the ocean to establish a theme relating to the cyclical nature of human life. Specifically, he refers to the continuation of misery throughout an individual’s life. This allusion to cycles is supported throughout the poem through the use of tidal imagery. For example, he refers to the French coast and how “the light gleams and is gone” (3-4) This is significant as light often works as a symbol of hope. Therefore, this…

John Keats: Romantic Legend John Keats is regarded today as one of the most famous poets during the romantic age. He lived an unfortunately brief life of 25 years and received a great amount of criticism during it. His poetry was usually very sensual and his descriptive writing gave many readers strong vivid images to imagine. Keats’s influence mostly came from his school’s headmaster, John Clarke. Clarke became a father figure to John, believing in his academic potential and pushing him to…

The three poets, Longfellow, Dickinson, and Whitman, were all Romantic writers. During their time, they main focused on creativity, impossibility, nature, beauty, individualism, and the common man. Despite the three writers having different subjects for their poems and have their own unique style, they also shared similarities within their writings. Between the three writers, they shared similarities such as their poetic structure, literary devices, and mood as well. The first two writers,…

Emily Dickinson The originative Emily Dickinson was a gifted poet as she composed passionate poems that baffled readers with her literary style. Using her naïve perception, Dickinson’s poetry was written on a daily basis. Through her use of quick-witted metaphors and improvised grammar, Emily Dickinson remains a classic poet whose poetry influenced American Literature today. Emily Dickinson was seen as psychologically unbalanced and reclusive in her life, as shown through her varying emotional…

The Romantic period was one of important periods, Romantic poems have amazing view for the nature and landscape, we also can use term Romanticism to describe particular period, Romantic or Romanticism start in late 1700s to 1820s , the France revolution and the great Napoleonic wars help to forming the Romantic, the most famous and important poets of Romanticism are Percy Bysshe Shelley( the young poet), Thomas DE Quincey and William Wordsworth , according to Ross, he sees that the Romantic…

During the romantic era, There were poets like William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who used their lives as inspiration.William Wordsworth is considered the father of modern romantic literature. While Shelley paid a tribute to William Wordsworth, however it was more of a look where you are now. Both poets used themes, symbols, and characterization to get their thoughts across. “To Wordsworth” was written by Shelly and “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by Wordsworth. To begin, there are…

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…

The Daffodils Romanticism extended between (1789-1820 and was affected by the French revolution, Napoleonic wars and the pan European movement across every art. People were split between those who wanted to search the powers and fear of an inner imaginative life and those who thought that living a romantic life is a form of dangerous self- indulgence those who believed in escaping to nature and those who wanted for poets to act such prophet and legislators and reform society . The period…