Romanticism | Romantic Poetry of Early 19th Century
Romanticism is a literary movement that came against the 18th century Age of Reason. Romantic poets were against established rules of poetry.
Romanticism | Romantic Poetry of Early 19th Century
Romanticism - Early 19th Century Romanticism is a literary movement that came against the 18 th century Age of Reason. Romantic poets were against established rules of poetry. They thought that the poems should be written in simple language or the language of common people. For them, imagination is more important than scientific reality. They wrote about nature, village, common people and about mythical characters. For them, the aim of poetry is to please the sense. Main Romantic Poets William Wordsworth He was the poet of nature. He wrote poems about ordinary and common things. He said that the language of poetry should be the same as the language of common people. He praised rural life. His important works are: The Lyrical Ballads: This important work gave the signal of the beginning of the Romantic age. It was in fact a joint work of Wordsworth and Coleridge. The publication of the first edition of the Lyrical Ballads came as a shock because it violated many established rules of that tim…
