It also shows the social criticisms or protests that the author enjoyed, as well as the other Romantic's did. ... "The gardens bright with sinuous rills" and "sunny spots of greenery" was well as "forests as ancient as the hills" shows Coleridge's and most of the Romantic Poets love if the natural environment. ... Both the supernatural and the past were strong themes for the Romantic Poets. ... These characteristics of the Romantics have been echoed in the song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. ... Similarities are found mostly in the type of language used, but the values, a...

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This is the central creed of the great Romantic poets Rene Wellek (refrece) The Romantic period was therefore characterised by a return to nature and feelings. ... This poem takes the form of a sonnet and it is a form used mostly for love poems. ... In a sense the speaker is giving scathing criticism and in the same breath he is providing us with a better alternative in the form of love for God. ... Hopkins's questioning and departure from Romantic views can be seen when contrasted with other Romantic poetry. ... So being "shod" they cannot see that what they are doing is harming ...

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In Stanza seven of Exposure', Owen discusses the topic of God's love ,and true to the form of Modernist writing where anything religious is treated with cynicism, he questions the concept of God's love for mankind in the face of a horrifying War. ... For God's invincible spring our love is made afraid; Therefore, not loath, we lie out here, therefore were born, For love of God seems dying. ... However, the ironic ambiguity of last line, 'for love of God is dying, is Owen's way of questioning the nature of that love of ...

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These love poems were all written by men and women expressing a variety of their ideal towards love. ... Marvell shows the attitude of men towards women in "To his coy mistress" as romantic and physical. ... The man couldn't carry out his intention of being romantic and tender to the woman because his real intention is to sleep with her. ... This shows that she doesn't seem to be involved in the relationship that the relationship is not romantic and it is flawed. ... The poets" use of language presents the ideal of love as romantic in "How Do I Love Thee?" ...

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Discuss Representations of Love In One or More Poems Read in Class Many different poets throughout history have represented love, perhaps the most common subject matter chosen in poetry, in many different ways, and many of these ideas certainly do not conform to what the current generation would consider love', mostly due to the advent of sexual equality and equal rights. ... In the first section the voice the poet chooses to use (it is never clear if he speaks as himself or if the poem is intended as a satire) very traditional, romantic language and is complimentary throughout, su...

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The sonnet is by a man referring his name is William Shakespeare and upon how descriptive and romantic he is within this Sonnet. ... The narrator desires stand upon accomplishing the description of the aging man with imagery while at the same time demonstrating how little time is left in his romantic love story. ... Their love should grow because his time is running out. ... She loves him more because he is dying and time is running out. ... To summarize, the story is about an old man who is aging and is going to miss his female in their romantic relationship. ...

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I loved to hear her speak of her late husband and how much she loved him. ... These poems tell of love and the depths of love the speakers has for their beloved even if the love is not given back in return. Ann Bradstreet's poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband," is an interesting poem because its style is romantic and the poet professes her undying love for her husband and makes it a point to make her husband aware of the extent of love and devotion she has for him. ... My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense. ... " (l.5) A p...

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Love comes in many forms, shapes, and sizes. ... Just as there are different forms of love; there are different types of love poems. Poems may be the most romantic of writings, or are typically viewed as such. ... "the honoring of your love. ... Love is an extremely powerful emotion; one that can see through mistakes and still be madly in love with the person they fell in love with. ...

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In the first stanza of this poem, before you know she is married, but romantically involved with someone else, Piatt's words show that there relationship is doomed. ... The flower symbolizing their love which is dying because she is married. ... While Piatt took to a more morbid death and God as an unrelenting, but loving tyrant, Cecilia Thaxter took a more romantic view on death. Not in that death is romantic, but that love is proved through dying. ... She loves this man and she loves that as man he is free, but she had to get married to be provided for and now she is a slave of that. ...

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The poem is a metaphysical poem expressed in a romantic form, so it could be easily categorized as a love poem. ... " describes the length of time he would allow their love to develop. ... " "My vegetable love should grow" "Vaster than empires, and more slow;" exaggerates how much love he would develop for the lady over time. ... After praising her and admiring her beauty, the character attempts to use romantic sarcasm to hasten her decision of fulfilling his sexual desires. ... I consider the diction to be romantic and mild; however, its archaic words and punctu...

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more happy, happy love! ... "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is a romantic ode, a dignified but highly lyrical (emotional) poem in which the author speaks to a person or thing absent or present. ... The romantic ode was at the pinnacle of its popularity in the nineteenth century. ... The romantic ode evolved from the ancient Greek ode, written in a serious tone to celebrate an event or to praise an individual. ... However, Keats says, the young man should not grieve, for his lady love will remain beautiful forever, and their love-though unfulfilled-will continue through all eternity. ...

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Whether you refer to his poem as "A Song" or "Ask Me No More," Carew revolutionizes the love poem and redefines beauty in such a way that the recipient of these words could care less about what the poem is called simply because it would be just as romantic with any other title. ... In his endeavor to redefine beauty in a love poem, Carew plays with a combination of words in each stanza that help to paint a deeper picture that a simple simile would not be able to accomplish. ... The phoenix could be taken literally as a phoenix, like the other objects of comparison, or it co...

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A typical poem of this period is the freely romantic "Lake Isle of Innisfree." ... Yeats" work began its evolution from the pond of romantics by becoming harder and more realistic. ... The romantic pond from which much of his early poetry spawned became dry. ... An example is the progression from poetic labour to beauty's labour to love's labour. ... The poet responds in turn, there have also been lovers who thought love should be worked at also. ...

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With works ranging from romantic comedies to tragedies, Shakespeare uses hidden meanings along with the whimsical setting of the Renaissance to enthrall his readers in his works. ... Although it falls under the classification of a romantic comedy, little humor is present when the plot begins to unfold. ... Orsino's courtly love is typical of the Renaissance, as the object of his affections does not return his love. ... Unknowingly Viola, or rather Cesario, completes a love triangle as Olivia falls in love with Cesario and Viola falls in love with Duke Orsino. ... This represents not ...

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One of the main points Browning is trying to focus on is the bizarre and strange understanding of love. ... The story begins as she enters his home and is in a very vulnerable state, after braving a severe storm for a romantic evening. ... This verse demonstrates his romantic feelings towards her and how he feels that simply being in her presence changes a cold, stormy night into a warm, comforting evening. ... Despite his love for her, and how he perceived her, he still went through with killing her. ... Despite everything, he still shows his love and devotion by offering her a "burning ...

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The majority of people believe that Romantism is connected with and limited by the topic of love. However, children`s innocence, adulthood`s corruption and nature`s beauty are also themes, the poets from the Romantic period are interested in. ... "Romantic poets were considered as profit poets and their poems were considered as their prophecy" (Pakzadian & Moinzadeh 114). ... He creates the contrast between the poems, but actually examines the same thing- the nature of the Creator and the nature of his creatures, looked at through different angles Songs of Innocence and Songs of Exp...

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This profound fixation develops a blurred line between love and hate for the mistress. ... It is indecipherable to the reader whether or not the maid keeps this secret from her mistress because she is secretly seeking a vengeance, or if it is because she cannot bare the idea of her mistress being linked with somebody else romantically. ... In terms of imagery, Duffy uses numerous sensual mental photographs that hint towards possibly romantic undertones. ... The poet uses light and romantic colors which appeal to the readers sense of sight including the colors yellow, red, blush and white. ...

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From the early 19th century, Percy Bysshe Shelley is recognized as one of the most influential writers of the Romantic Period whose work is characterized by his use of imagery and symbolism. ... In Shelley's view, "the poet is a dreamer, a visionary- who uses these dreams and visions to "persuade men to shake off the chains of the past, of custom, of selfishness, and to press onward to the vital task of constructing a world characterized by kindness, generosity, and love- (Shairp, Shelly as a Lyric Poet 164) In "Ode to the West Wind," Shelley attempts to gain transcendence, for he show...

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Definitions Transcendentalism- a system of philosophy, especially that associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers, that emphasizes intuition or the divine Romanticism- in the arts, the style and theories of the romantic movement, or the movement itself Aphorism- a literary, artistic, and philosophical movement originating in the 18th century 11. ... The nineteenth century romantics- A. ... As exemplified in this poem, "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" (recited by an actor), Dickinson focused on themes relating to death, eternity, and love, usually in sho...

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In 1851 Browning wrote an essay on Percy Bysshe Shelley, and in it he both praised the Romantic poet who had so influenced him, and also explained how he, Browning differed in his own poetic project. ... Through these moments in history Browning discusses such themes as Love, Art, Beauty and Evil. ... In 1833 Browning's first published poem, the lyrical, confessional form of Pauline looks back to the dominant mode of the Romantic poets rather than forward to his mid-Victorian acheivement. ...

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The persona announces that "had we but world enough time, this coyness lady were no crime", essentially denoting the fact that if he had enough time his desire would be to court and love his mistress for eternity. ... He uses romantic words such as "long loves day" to create a luring, enticing image his of the personas intentions of courting her for long periods of time. The alliteration enforces this argument of his overflowing love by hyperbolically stating that he would love her, "Ten years before the flood, till the conversion of the Jews". ... It is lifeless...

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For this reason his work was loved by many and hence his acquired cult status. ... The reasons vary, for many it would have been to escape the harsh reality of the changing times, for some it might have been a way to make thinking about the world in a commercialised state less painful and for others drugs may have been a confidant to join in the free love times. ... There is no doubt they loved him for this and still do. ... In the last lines of the poem Dransfield is describing a fun and romantic time with his girlfriend. The contrast here is one which Dransfield uses most e...

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The two teenagers did not have a relationship at all, and did not love each other. ... One the night of the party, the girl fell in love with the idea of being in love, not with the boy. ... He "swiftly contrived to kiss her" which is not romantic, making the reader believe that he is only with her for his own pleasure and bravado. ... They are both either pregnant or have a baby, both of the fathers do not love the girls. The girls both loved the males at the time although in someway regret what they did. ...

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He is most commonly called a twentieth-century Romantic as death and the afterlife intrigued him. ... As far as love and attention go, he seems to have lacked nothing" (Ferris 25). ... This passage means that although every man is going to die, love will never die. Love will continue its purpose of regeneration, and death will not rule life (Magill 68). ... He believes that as terrible as death is, there is still love and it will carry on forever. ...

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These poets yearned for a deep and genuine love of nature and a simple life. ... As Keats belonged to the Romantic poets, he relied on beauty to feed his soul in the midst of a rapidly changing world. ... He is the bold lover that will never kiss yet will forever love. ...

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