Abstract
The paper relates that Romantic poetry was a clear demand for social justice, expressing that the past social structure was too rigid and the new social order must allow for individual growth. The paper posits that some of the best examples of Romantic poetry were produced by working class individuals. The paper uses the example of the working class, self-educated poet, Mary Collier, and analyzes two specific examples of Collier's poems. The paper explains that this working class woman was not only not an exception but probably even more committed to the ideals of the period than many of the classic Romantic poets.

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"The term romanticism related to a period of European history associated with the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century. Romantic poetry is an expression of the period, the emphasis of such poetry was frequently nature as well as individual expression of emotions and imagination as a rejection of earlier classicism and strict social rules and conventions that defined life, prior to the time. In a sense romantic poetry, as well as other literary and artistic expressions during the period were a clear demand for social justice, expressing that the past social structure was to rigid and the new social order must allow for individual growth. "

Tags:working-class, self-education, social, justice

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Turning away from the satire of the 18th century, Romanticism stressed the expression of the individual through creative means. This paper explains that common themes in Romantic poetry included: The use of excessive imagination, nature, exotic or foreign places, outcasts of society or the lower classes of society, the past, excessive emotion and a passion for the wild or the unfamiliar. Using Samuel Taylor Coleridge's work, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", the paper shows how these recurring themes are used throughout the poem.

Paper Outline:
Introduction
Use of Excessive Imagination
Use of Nature
Poets Have a Passion for the Wild and the Unfamiliar
Use of Exotic or Foreign Places
Use of Outcasts of Society
Use of the Past
Use of Excessive Emotion
References

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"Coleridge's Ancient Mariner is but one of the many repenting wanderers of Romantic poetry. Shunned by society and cursed by nature for his killing of the albatross, the Mariner is condemned to wander the earth warning others about the sacredness of life by relating his extraordinary encounter. While the Mariner can never recompense for his act, his internal goodness was revealed in his sudden appreciation for all forms of life while he was suffering in his solitude."

Tags:Kubla, Khan, albatross, satire, fantasy

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This paper analyses John Keats' "Ode to Autumn" and Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" in the light of Wordsworth's claim that 'poetry is emotion recollected in tranquillity.' It discusses the extent to which each of the chosen poems adheres to this description of poetry with regard to the subject matter, language and form used and whether this consideration proves that Wordsworth's description encapsulates the poetry of the Romantic period, or otherwise.

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"Kubla Khan', described 'almost as a definition of Coleridge's poetry' , on the other hand, was written following a dream he had while under the influence of opium. The context itself sets the reader up for a piece written after the moment itself has passed, and is instead a recollection of the experience he underwent. This is further highlighted in the poem itself, as he speaks of 'a vision [he] once saw' (l. 38), and attempts to 'revive...Her symphony and song' (ll. 42-43). At this point there is a change in the tone of the piece as Coleridge is no longer remembering what he dreamt, but instead using his power of imagination to create what he envisioned as the continuation of a dream, the writing of which was allegedly interrupted."

Tags:autumn, bridge, coleridge, john, keats, khan, kubla, ode, samuel, taylor, westminster

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This paper argues that nostalgia in poetry can be considered a particular kind of literary device, through which it is possible to gain some degree of insight into the whole ideology on which the romantic movement was based. Through an analysis of the poetry of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, it looks at how the romantics mourn the fleeting nature of time and look back to the golden age of childhood - which can only be recaptured through nostalgia. It shows how nostalgia allows the poets the opportunity to not only recapture the past, but to manipulate and control it and how the nostalgia displayed in romantic poetry is, then, a tool of the intellect and a calculated attempt to make sense of a confused world of impressions and feelings, to bring order where previously there was only chaos.

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"Coleridge's is an extreme model of nostalgia. Casting his mind back to childhood, he finds that the child he once was is also indulging in nostalgic thoughts of a still deeper past; the past he may have experienced even before birth, on a far different plane. This is the blissful, innocent world which becomes the ideal for all present existence, and the child who can still recall it, and imaginatively re-inhabit that world through nostalgia becomes, to the romantic mind, like a visionary without language or the proper means of expressing his recollection."

Tags:childhood, emotion, golden, shelly, time, tranquility

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"The Romantic poetry of William Blake, John Keats, Percy Shelley, George Gordon and Lord Byron often utilized metaphors based on human sensory perception. In comparison to the metaphysical poetry of John Donne, in which mechanical objects were the bases for comparison, Romantic poetry relied much more heavily on the human body and its methods of perceiving the world around it. The Romantic school makes no apology for its own particular kind of metaphor; instead, it glories n it, feeling that a world full of dead objects can be brought to life by the superiority of knowledge derived from the senses. There are notable exceptions to this rule, of course, such as the statement by Keats that "Heard melodies are sweet / But those unheard are sweeter." But except in those instances when the metaphor of the senses gives way to the experiences of the imagination, the ... "

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This paper gives an analysis of the Romantic Movement during the late 17th and early 18th century that focuses on the poetry and painting of the day. The paper further highlights how the Romantic movement represented a rebellion against the norms of the day.

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"The Romantic movement began in the late 17th Century in Western Europe and spread throughout the western world. It was a revolt against the Enlightenment period focus on reason and a reaction against the mechanization and rationalization of nature. Romantics focused on feeling and emotion as the root of all aesthetics and extolled on nature's sublimeability to create awe as the pinnacle of artistic expression. In essence the Romantics marked a rebellion against the norms of the day. They reveled in their feelings and what their senses..."

Tags:romantic, romanticism, movement, keats, painting, poetry, shelly, byron

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The paper examines four Romantic poems, Byron's "She Walks in Beauty", Keats' "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer", Shelley's "Ozymandias" and Wordsworth's "I wandered lonely as a cloud". Following a short introduction in which the definition and purpose of imagery is presented, each poem is closely analyzed to extract its most striking and meaningful use of imagery. In each case, the paper explains how the imagery contributes to the overall theme, effect or meaning.

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"Byron's poem "She Walks in Beauty" is written in the vein of Romanticism, and therefore it relies mostly on imagery. Romanticism was an effort to idealize nature, and to express feelings in the most natural way. The poet depicts a young woman walking, and the beauty in every aspect of her is expressed as ideal, and in gushing terms. For this purpose, a series of exquisite images are evoked. For example, in the first two lines we have the description of "the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies" (Kinsella et al 718). It is the glittering beauty of the night sky, without clouds to obstruct the view, that the poet wants to compare the beauty of the woman with. This imagery is important, because in the next two lines we are drawn to the eyes of the girl, which are said to be "dark and bright" like the clear night sky: "And all that's best of dark and bright / Meet in her aspect and her eyes" (Ibid)."

Tags:Byron, Wordsworth, Keats, Shelley, association, meaning, theme

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This paper discusses the 19th Century understanding of nature, as expressed through poetry. It considers the social and economic causes of these attitudes, and compares them to current trends and ideologies. Several poems are mentioned, including William Blake's "London" and "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth.

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"The political upheaval of the late eighteenth century gave birth to a new period in English thought. Poets, politicians, and philosophers heralded new ideas that directly conflicted with the entrenched social structures. "It was now known that social revolution was possible, that nations existed as something independent of states, peoples as something independent of their rulers, and even that the poor existed as something independent of the ruling class" (Anthology, 3). Inspired by the American and French Revolutions, English writers criticized social values and protested the effects of the Industrial Revolution."

Tags:Industrial, Revolution, Tinturn, Abbey, Lyrical, Ballads

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By analyzing two poems by Wordsworth and Shelley this paper attempts to show how notions of religion were used to explicate the poet's function in Romantic poetry. The paper's thesis is that ultimately, although Romanticism accorded poetry the ability to provide a religious kind of access to philosophical truths, these two Romantic poets viewed the value of the process of poetry itself quite differently.

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"Wordsworth is happy his sister is able to appreciate nature in a pure fashion, but sees the benefits of moving beyond his own juvenile state. The poet can use the process of poetry to perceive nature not simply through animal, sensual (as in relating purely to the senses), emotions. Now, Wordsworth says, he can craft the revelations he feels into the subject of poetry. Poetry offers him a site where he can touch the memory of the excitement of his youth, yet transmit the excitement he felt into something higher. At the end of the poem he begs his sister to recall that he did not come wearied with the "service" of worshiping Nature, but "With warmer love, oh! With far deeper zeal/Of holier love" than he did before. Without the medium of art he would be unable to think the "elevated thoughts" he is attempting to transmit to the reader, nor would be able to contemplate the still, sad music of a larger humanity. William Wordsworth the poet perceives and accesses a more universal impulse now that nature is no longer the same to him as it was when he was a boy. Note the religious register of the language he uses."

Tags:spiritual, Harold, Bloom, spirit, humanity, religious, art, contemplation

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"This study will examine three poems by English poets of the Romantic period: William Blake's "The Tyger," Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan," and William Wordsworth's "I Wandered Lonely as A Cloud." The study will examine the basic principles of Romanticism and show how each poem upholds those principles. Although the three poets demonstrate different levels of intensity and different approaches to reality, all three fall within the Romantic mantle in their emphasis on nature and the imagination as expressions of a deeper reality. The Romantic poets, as Scholes et al. write, tended to be "transcendental in their philosophy, seeing nature as symbolic of the Creator's presence, and natural creation as analogous to the lesser creations of imaginative human beings" (Scholes et al. 606). Cuddon notes these features of Romantic poetry:..: