Romantic Era…a brief overview (text pp. 565-576)

-era lasted from 1798 to 1832
-literature characterized for its LOVE FFOR NATURE…if u see a nature freak poem on the exam, its probably a romantic one
-literature impacted heavily by effects of the industrial revolution…harsh working and living environments dominated England
-strong belief in democracy, mystery/suppernatural, spontaneity, a concern for common people and LOVE OF NATURE
-time period also included the French Reevolution, and NAPOLEON (and his wars)
-basically, the poems of this era differred from others in that they were:
a) less focused on the church
b) more focused on PEOPLE (ordinary ones)
c) lyrical
d) about nature
e) less structured
f) more passionate and spontaneous

-POETS TO REMEMBER…

1. William Wordsworth (my heart leaps up when I behold, the world is too much with us)
2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Rime of the ancient mariner)
3. George Gordon, Lord Byron (apostrophe to the ocean)
4. Percy Bysshe Shelley (Ode to the West Wind)
5. John Keats (Ode to a Nightingale)

T-T-T-T-T-THAT'S ALL FOLKS