The early Romantic period coincides with what is often called the “Age of Revolutions” including of course, the American (1778) and the French (1789) revolutions an age of upheavals in political, economic and social traditions. The officious touch that makes me droop again.The romantic philosophy in the poetry of william wordsworth and samuel taylor coleridge Those busy cares that would allay my pain That grief for which the senses still supply Home-felt, and home-created, comes to heal O’er vale, and mountain, and the starless sky. The kine are couched upon the dewy grass ĭark is the ground a slumber seems to steal Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn. Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, It moves us not.-Great God! I’d rather be The winds that will be howling at all hours,Īnd are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers,įor this, for everything, we are out of tune This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers The world is too much with us late and soon, So didst thou travel on life’s common way, Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart:
Have forfeited their ancient English dowerĪnd give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen,įireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: There’s a cuckoo, and one or two thrushes, That floats on high o’er vales and hills, Main Features of Romantic Poetry– (a) Reaction against the Neo-Classicism (b) Emotions (c) Melancholic Tone (d) Imagination (e) Supernaturalism, (f) It glorifies the beauty of nature, etc.ġ0 The Solitary Reaper I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud These include Wordsworth, ST Coleridge, and Robert Southey.
The most famous group emerging from the age of romantic poetry is the one called “ Lake Poets’’.
Romanticism had a significant effect on the socio-political scenario of Europe, as the romantic thinkers laid greater emphasis on the thoughts like liberalism, radicalism, conservatism, and patriotism.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ROMANTIC POEMS SERIES
Reasons Behind- The age was inspired by a series of events that took place in Europe after the mid-18th century such as the Industrial Revolution (1760-1820), the French Revolution (1789-1799). Who is the father of Romantic poetry? Robert Burns is considered the pioneer of the Romantic Movement.įamous Poets- The famous poets, apart from William Wordsworth, of the Romantic age, include William Blake, Samuel Taylor, John Keats, Percy Shelly, Lord Byron, etc. It shows the subtleties and beauty of nature. It glorifies nature as a supreme healer of all the sorrows and pains of living beings. What is Romanticism? Romanticism was basically a literary and artistic movement that originated during the late 18th century in Europe. William Wordsworth is one of the seminal figures in Romantic poetry because his poems represent the ideals of the Romantic Movement. Romantic Age- The period between the late 1790s until the 1850s came to be known as the “ Romantic Age’’. Let us read the beautiful compilation of Romantic Poetry of William Wordsworth…
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