Revival of Drama and Poetry in Victorian Era

Drama in the Victorian era saw a revival in the last decade of the 19th century with playwrights like Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw. Alongside, Victorian poetry explored themes of love and time in various aspects, with poets like Lord Alfred Tennyson experimenting with narrative poems and dramatic monologues. Sounds, alliteration, and assonance played significant roles in Victorian poetry, making it picturesque and engaging.

• Victorian era
• Drama revival
• Poetry exploration
• Oscar Wilde
• George Bernard Shaw

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1. Victorian Drama Although throughout the country, drama could not develop until the last decade of the period. In the last decade of the 19th century, drama revives. Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw were the two playwrights reviving drama in the last decade of the 19th century new theatres were built

2. Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere s Fan, A Woman of No Importance, In Ideal Husband, the Importance of Being Earnest.

3. George Bernard Shaw Widowers Houses, Arms and the Man, Candida, The Man of Destiny, Major Barbara, Mrs. Warren s Profession, Man and Superman, My Fair Lady (Pygmalion)

4. Victorian Poetry Some of the poets wrote about recurring themes such as love, time, but they usually dealt with different aspects of these themes (George Meredith s Modern Love)

5. Some poets experimented with the form of poetry: The poets such as Lord Alfred Tennyson, Elizabeth Barret Browning, Robert Browning told stories in verse (narrative poems). Tennyson, Browning and Matthew Arnold wrote dramatic monologues. Dramatic monologue is a type of poetry consisted of the speech of an individual speaker. The speaker audience. Through his speech, the readers can understand the character of the speaker addresses to silent

6. Victorian Furthermore, sounds are important for the Victorian poets. Most alliteration and assonance widely. poetry was picturesque. of them used