romantic and victorian poetry

one of the first periods during the romantic era is the enlightenment period. the enlightenment period is closely linked with the scientific revolution. the age of enlightenment developed in the area of france, britain and germany and was influenced from austria, italy, netherlands, poland, russia, scandinavia and spain. to end this the enlightenment period was a eightenth century movement in american and european literature.

another time period was the industrial revolution. it was a major shift in techknology, socioeconomic and culture. during this time machinery started taking over manual labor and work conditions for the people maning the machines was critical work and sometimes life threatining.

times back in those days seemed harsh and unruly. people had to find something to escape the reality of life. people had it pretty bad back then and im glad im growing up in the 21 century with all these luxerys of life.

most the poetry i think would be against the enlightenment period and industrial revolution. i think they would discuss about how they disagreed with the way the goverment and economy were woring together.

the first poet im going to talk about is william blake. the poem i read by him is called thde lamb. its about a little lamb who has soft clothing and is by a stream. later he reflects upon the l;amb as a ting boy and i think thats what makes it a romantic type of poetry.

the next poet im going to talk about is william woodsworth i read the poem a complaint by him. i think this a great piece of romantic poetry and i love how he says your love came knocking on my hearts door. that piece was so great and detailed.

the other poem i read was by lord byron and it its called by the rivers of babylon we sat and wept. i liked it even though the writing style remineded me of middle ages poetry.

during the victorian era a n umber of important events took place one being the reform act of 1832. it was an act passed by parilment that introduced changes to the electorial system of the united kingdom. the act granted seats to new cities that were formed during the industrial revolution.

another important event that took place during the victorian era was the rule of queen victoria (1837-1901). queen victorias reign was marked as a great expanstion of the british empire.

one difference between the romantic and victorian periods would have to be the way they treated there children. during the romantic period the childrens work was mainly around machinery as in the victorian but they were more considerate to the children unlike in the victorian period when they were there children non stop and when the kids would fall asleep there were around dagerouse machinery.

in the victorian period poets wrote what they thought and there was no stopping them. they were more realistic poets. beliefs came into contrast here along with political and social veiws on life and liberty.

one of the poets im going to talk about today is lord tennyson. he wrote the poem nothing will die. he is descibeing how life will go eternally and that even though he fears death he beleives that nothing shall die. i like this poem because he is speaking and writing about his own beliefs and ideas. speaking his mind is what i like.

another poet is robert browning. he wrote the poem life in love. this has got to be my utmost favorite poem so far. it descibes love to its fullest in just a matter of a few stanzas and i love it. it almost brought me to tears when he said "To dry one's eyes and laugh at a fall" this poem had to have captured the heart of whoever he was talking about

the third poet im going to descibe is matthew arnold in his poem consolation he depicts life how it is and how he dreams it would be. its kind of like a see saw between reality and a false depiction of life. like how he sees dwarf houses among a beautiful sunset. im sorry but from this poem he seems a little nuts. but what creative artist isnt a little crazy.lol

the last poet im going talk about is thomas hardy. the poem i read by him is called her immortality. this poem is kind of dark considering its about a dead wife talking about how no one cares anymore that shes gone and that her husband has got a new bride and her kids have come to know the new wife to be the mother. its kind of sad brceause even though she passed i just wonder how it affects her and her loved ones for eternity. alot of these poems talk about eternity.