Romantic poets belonging to that era challenged rationalism in areas such as religion, science, and philosophy. ... Romantic poets valued subjective thinking over rational thinking. ... Coleridge's mention of "the Almighty Spirit" also indicates the poem's Romantic orientation. ... Also, the fact that Whitman related his observations from an individual perspective reflects a romantic influence. Whitman blends reminiscence with a sense of purpose in the poem as well, basically ennobling it, again reflecting Romantic influence. ...

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John Keats was a respected English writer from the Romantic Era, specifically known for his poetry. His poems embody the essence of the romantic time period, and the typical fashion of poets during this point in history. ... Literature from the Romantic Era emphasizes originality and a love for nature. "One of the most popular themes of Romantic poetry was country life, otherwise known as pastoral poetry. ... The English Romantic poets were particularly drawn to medievalism and mythology. ...

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William Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Copper and Edgar Allen Poe were major contributors to the Romantic Movement. Most of the romantic writings included emotions, imagination and "reveled in nature." (220) One poet and poem that applies not only nature, but life and death to emphasize its message, is William Cullen Bryant and his renowned poem "Thanotopsis". A theme that is used in nearly every literary piece is nature, which Romantic poets utilize to convey their overall message to their readers. ... He helps get the ball rolling for the Romantic period while acting as ...

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John Keats was an English Romantic poet who died in England at the age of 25 of tuberculosis. ... Like many of other Romantic poems, Keats explores the beauty of nature, this time by appreciating the immortality of the nightingale's song for it has been heard throughout the ages. ...

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Shelley's definition of poetry not only presents the central thematic concern of English Romantic Poetry –imagination– but also deals with the concept of poet, as we will observe as well in "Sonnet (Lift not the painted veil which those who live)". ... Abrams states that "no less characteristic of romantic theory is a set of alternative analogies implying that poetry is an interaction, the joint effect of inner and outer, mind and object, passion and the perceptions of sense" (51). ...

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Barnard (1999) asserts that Keats is one of the great English romantic poets, whose prime belief was in art and beauty. ... These short romantic poems can be seen to be linked both structurally and thematically by a sequence of closely related problems and, as an effect, show Keats both at his most vulnerable and possessing the literary genius he has subsequently been accredited with. ... In Ode on Melancholy, Keats lets his guard down and gives himself up to the romantic sensation of "pleasing woe" and, it can be said, the culmination of these poems show a "melancholy desire for a world that ...

• Word Count: 2837
• Approx Pages: 11
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate