2nd Gen Of Poets Flashcards
What were the 3 main features of the poets of the 2nd generation of romantic poetry?Life, politics, philosophy
1: died young and away in mediterrean countries
2: they had political disillusionment
3: individualism(escapism), refuge in another world
How was nature perceived in Wordsworth?
3 Points: Pantheistic, Seat of the universe, nature and man inseparable and source of joy and a moral guide
How was nature perceived in Coleridge?
3 Points: It was not identified with the divine, the poet was forced to find natural symbols connected to his emotions, it was the awareness presence of the ideal
How was nature perceived in Byron?
Since Byron felt alone, after the Industrial Revolution, it was a source of companion
How was nature perceived in Shelley? Wordsworth
Source of joy+inspo
How was nature perceived in Keats? Ode
Nature for Keats was a muse, a source of inspiration