The Romantic Period: Influence of the French Revolution on Poetry
The French Revolution of 1798 had a profound impact on poetry during the Romantic Period, exemplified by the publication of "Lyrical Ballads" by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Wordsworth's preface to the collection laid out the principles of Romantic poetry, emphasizing the expression of powerful emotions and the use of nature to convey feelings. Romantic poets like Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge, and Keats drew inspiration from nature, everyday life, and the mystical, creating poems that resonated with deep human emotions and experiences.
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The Romantic Period The French Revolution 1798- The publication of The Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge Wordsworth wrote preface to 2nd and 3rd editions of The Lyrical Ballads and laid down the principle of the Romantic poetry. The preface is considered to be the manifesto of The Romantic Poetry.
Wordsworth described all good poetry as the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings . Poetry expresses the poet s own mind, imagination Therefore, in the romantic poetry, the I is not a dramatis persona, but the poet himself. and emotion.
Great romantic poets such as Wordsworth, Shelley, Coleridge and Keats described natural phenomena accurately. But their aim is to use nature to express their emotions. Lamp metaphor
Romantic poets choose incidents and situations from common life. Wordsworth insisted that the language of poetry should be the language ordinary men and women, and it is found unspoilt in the speech of rural people. Rural Urban
Some poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Keats dealt with the magical and mysterious. They used folklore, superstition to impress their reader. Such poems are usually set in the distant past or in faraway places or both. The Orient
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by W. Wordsworth This poem has been assigned previously. So the students are expected to read and participate in class discussion.
