Victorian poets

Robert Herrick and Andrew Marvell are two famous poets who have several things in common regarding their way of writing; Andrew Marvell is an English poet, a clergyman and a parliamentarian, he was concerned with politics for a very long time, also, Marvell was called a nature poet and he was one of the best metaphysical poets. Even though Marvell wrote less than some other famous poets like Donne and Jonson, his range was greater, “as he claimed, both the private worlds of love and religion and…

CONCLUSSION The development of a love poet, can be traced easily by subtle analysis of various strains that define different moods and shades of love. The great metaphysical poet, John Donne provides a great instance of this kind of analysis of the poem. The first phase of Donne's love poems are conspicuous for exasparation and eccentricity that owes its genesis to peculiar notion that woman is essentially unfaithful and the object of sexual pleasure only. The second phase begins with the…

Donne’s ‘The Flea’ was first published posthumously in 1633 and is a metaphysical poem. The poem has two main themes intertwining throughout; the theme of love and erotica, and the theme of religion and sacrilege. Due to the fact the poem plays hosts to both of these themes, we can infer from the beginning that due to the publication date, sex and religion were far closer linked together during the 1600s than they are today, therefore this inclusion of both of themes could reflect the thematic…

accomplishments; although as one of the Middlemarch older women noted in a direct challenge to the concept of Angelic domestic ideology, ‘what was the use of accomplishments which would all be laid aside as soon as she was married? (Eliot 157)’. The Victorian lady may have been equipped to look angelic but she was ill-equipped to deal with her required role of motherhood and manager of the household. Neither Dr Ludgate nor Rosamond are equipped to manage their household and they quickly descend…

Victorian literature was composed from roughly 1830-1900 under the reign of Queen Victoria of England. It is most often characterized by the hypocrisy of the social stratosphere and the precedence of good over evil. Victorian author Oscar Wilde, however, challenged the bounds of typical Victorian literature and ultimately “opened the door for the development of modernism” (Gutierrez-Folch). Two of his works, The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, portray Wilde’s ideas and…

Victorian Poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote more than one poem, and one of them is Sonnet 43 “How Do I love Thee”. The Rhyme Scheme, symbolism and repetition allow us to see Browning and her husband’s private emotions of love for another. The Victorian era shifted between romanticism to realism, changed by novelists who enjoyed a golden age. Late Victorian writing move in naturalism and escapist fiction (Holt McDougal 919). Every person has a different story a different childhood, some…

behaviour, as during this period emotions were accustomed by the influence of Society and power, despite both men and women sharing the same emotions (Hansen, Norberg 441). The Victorian period can be particularly associated with the roles and characteristics of men and women becoming more discrete which resulted in the Victorians belief of “separate spheres” (1607). This gave rise to the idea that it was more appropriate for women to stay in the home or private sphere where they were expected…

The Victorian Era was the duration of Queen Victoria’s reign which spanned from 1837 till 1901. The Victorian Era not only had a big impact on England but the entire world. It held beliefs that placed large emphasis on rigid aristocratic systems and proper behavior. The Fall of the House of Usher points out…

Cerrato The Difference Between Rossetti?s Life and Her Poetry The Victorian Age was a time of growth in London. The city was growing rapidly and there was an uproar of technological advances and industrialization. During this era many of the greatest British poets were thriving, Christina Rossetti being one. As a woman from such a socially booming era like this one, she did not actively get involved. Rossetti was a quiet and reserved woman, but her poetry is quite the opposite; it is complex,…

finding ways to make herself known and impress those who could help her establish herself as recognized poet of the time. Up until her death in August of 1907, she worked to produce a large collection of works including assortments of poetry, biographies, and several novels (All Poetry). Her poem, “The Other Side of a Mirror” was published in 1896 and displayed several of the main themes of Victorian society that she generally incorporated in her work. Jealousy and resentment cause a woman…