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{{see also|Romanticism: Revolt of the Spirit}}
Poetry from the latter-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth centuries.
{{dc|R}}{{start|omanticism refers to the poetry of the Romantic era}}, which emerged in the late 18th century and lasted until the mid-19th century.  


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{{Big|Mary Elizabeth Coleridge}}
Some general characteristics of Romantic poetry include:
* “[[December 8, 2007|We Never Said Farewell]]”
* Emphasis on emotion and imagination: Romantic poets placed a strong emphasis on emotion and the imagination, often valuing these over reason and logic.
* Love of nature: Many Romantic poets celebrated the beauty and power of nature, often using it as a source of inspiration or a symbol of the divine.
* Interest in the supernatural and the mysterious: Romantic poets were fascinated by the supernatural and the mysterious, often exploring these themes in their work.
* Individualism and personal experience: Romantic poets often focused on the individual experience rather than the collective or universal, often drawing on their own personal experiences and emotions.
* Celebration of the common people: Many Romantic poets celebrated the lives and struggles of ordinary people, often highlighting the injustices and inequalities of their time.
* Use of symbolism and metaphor: Romantic poets often used symbolic and metaphorical language to represent complex ideas or emotions.
* Experimentation with form and language: Romantic poets often experimented with new forms of poetry, such as the lyric, the ballad, and free verse, and often used unconventional language and syntax to create new effects.


{{Big|Emily Dickinson}}
These characteristics are not exhaustive, and there is considerable variety within Romantic poetry. However, they provide a general sense of the key features of the genre.
* “[[February 21, 2007|Above Oblivion’s Tide]]”
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| colspan="3" | {{Big|William Blake}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| style="width: 34%;" | From ''Songs of Innocence'': {{bulleted list|“[[Introduction (SI)|Introduction]]”|“[[The Lamb]]”|“[[The Chimney Sweeper (SI)|The Chimney Sweeper]]”|“[[The Blossom]]”|“[[The Divine Image]]”}}
| style="width: 34%;" | From ''Songs of Experience'': {{bulleted list|“[[Introduction (SE)|Introduction]]”|“[[Earth’s Answer]]”|“[[The Tyger]]”|“[[The Chimney Sweeper (SE)|The Chimney Sweeper]]”|“[[The Sick Rose]]”|“[[The Human Abstract]]”|“[[London]]”}}
| [[File:William Blake, by C B Currie.jpg|thumb|200px]]
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
|- style="font-align: left;"
| colspan="3" | {{Big|Elizabeth Barrett Browning}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="3" |{{bulleted list|“[[The Cry of the Children]]”|“[[How do I love thee?]]”}}
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
|- style="font-align: left;"
| colspan="3" | {{Big|George Gordon, Lord Byron}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="2" | {{bulleted list|“[[Darkness]]”|“[[She Walks in Beauty]]”|“[[So We’ll No More Go A-Roving]]”|“[[There is a pleasure in the pathless woods]]”}}
| [[File:Byron 1813 by Phillips.jpg|thumb|200px]]
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
|- style="font-align: left;"
| colspan="3" | {{Big|Mary Elizabeth Coleridge}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="3" | {{bulleted list|“[[We Never Said Farewell]]”}}
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
|- style="font-align: left;"
| colspan="3" | {{Big|Samuel Taylor Coleridge}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="2" | {{bulleted list|“[[Kubla Khan]]”|“[[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner]]”|“[[Christabel]]”}}
| [[File:Coleridge.jpeg|thumb|200px]]
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
|- style="font-align: left;"
| colspan="3" | {{Big|Emily Dickinson}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="3" | {{bulleted list|“[[Above Oblivion’s Tide]]”|“[[February 22, 2023|Because I Could Not Stop for Death]]”}}
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
|- style="font-align: left;"
| colspan="3" | {{Big|John Keats}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="2" | {{bulleted list|“[[On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer]]”|“[[When I have fears that I may cease to be]]”|“[[The Eve of Saint Agnes]]”|“[[La Belle Dame Sans Merci]]”|“[[Ode to a Nightingale]]”|“[[Ode on a Grecian Urn]]”|“[[To Autumn]]”}}
| [[File:John Keats by William Hilton.jpg|thumb|200px]]
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
|- style="font-align: left;"
| colspan="3" | {{Big|Edgar Allan Poe}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="2" | {{bulleted list|“[[Alone]]”|“[[A Dream Within a Dream]]”|“[[Ulalume]]”}}
| [[File:Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored, squared off.jpg|thumb|200px]]
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
|- style="font-align: left;"
| colspan="3" | {{Big|Percy Bysshe Shelley}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="2" | {{bulleted list|“[[Good-Night]]”|“[[Ozymandias]]”|“[[Ode to the West Wind]]”|“[[To a Sky-Lark]]”}}
| [[File:Percy Bysshe Shelley by Alfred Clint.jpg|thumb|200px]]
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
|- style="font-align: left;"
| colspan="3" | {{Big|William Wordsworth}}
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="2" | {{bulleted list|“[[Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey]]”|“[[I wandered lonely as a cloud]]”|“[[I travelled among unknown men]]”|“[[The World Is too Much with Us]]”}}
| [[File:William Wordsworth 001.jpg|thumb|200px]]
|-
| colspan="3" | {{Line}}
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{{Big|Edgar Allan Poe}}
* “[[March 19, 2020#Alone|Alone]]”
* “[[October 1, 2020|A Dream Within a Dream]]”
* “[[March 16, 2020|The Masque of the Red Death]]” (short story)
{{Big|Lord Byron}}
* “[[September 5, 2020|[There is a pleasure in the pathless woods]]]”
{{Big|Percy Bysshe Shelley}}
* “[[May 3, 2003|Good-Night]]”
* “[[July 30, 2013|Ozymandias]]”
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[[Category:Romanticism]]
[[Category:Romanticism]]

Latest revision as of 09:56, 23 February 2023

Romanticism refers to the poetry of the Romantic era, which emerged in the late 18th century and lasted until the mid-19th century.

General Characteristics

Some general characteristics of Romantic poetry include:

  • Emphasis on emotion and imagination: Romantic poets placed a strong emphasis on emotion and the imagination, often valuing these over reason and logic.
  • Love of nature: Many Romantic poets celebrated the beauty and power of nature, often using it as a source of inspiration or a symbol of the divine.
  • Interest in the supernatural and the mysterious: Romantic poets were fascinated by the supernatural and the mysterious, often exploring these themes in their work.
  • Individualism and personal experience: Romantic poets often focused on the individual experience rather than the collective or universal, often drawing on their own personal experiences and emotions.
  • Celebration of the common people: Many Romantic poets celebrated the lives and struggles of ordinary people, often highlighting the injustices and inequalities of their time.
  • Use of symbolism and metaphor: Romantic poets often used symbolic and metaphorical language to represent complex ideas or emotions.
  • Experimentation with form and language: Romantic poets often experimented with new forms of poetry, such as the lyric, the ballad, and free verse, and often used unconventional language and syntax to create new effects.

These characteristics are not exhaustive, and there is considerable variety within Romantic poetry. However, they provide a general sense of the key features of the genre.

Calligraphic-swirls-flourishes-6.png
William Blake
From Songs of Innocence: From Songs of Experience:
William Blake, by C B Currie.jpg

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

George Gordon, Lord Byron
Byron 1813 by Phillips.jpg

Mary Elizabeth Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Coleridge.jpeg

Emily Dickinson

John Keats
John Keats by William Hilton.jpg

Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, circa 1849, restored, squared off.jpg

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley by Alfred Clint.jpg

William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth 001.jpg