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Main Features of English Romanticism:

English Romanticism was marked by a strong emphasis on the individual's emotional experience
and the power of imagination. It celebrated the beauty and mystery of nature, and the Romantics
often saw it as a source of inspiration and spiritual renewal. They valued spontaneity and creativity
over the rigid structures of classical forms and the rationalism of the Enlightenment. The movement
also highlighted the importance of childhood, which was seen as a state of innocence and purity.
2. The Consideration of Nature in English Romanticism:

Nature held a central place in the Romantic imagination. It was not just a backdrop for human
activity but was imbued with spiritual and moral significance. Romantics like William Wordsworth
and Samuel Taylor Coleridge saw nature as a living entity, a teacher, and a moral guide that could
lead one to a deeper understanding of life and oneself. They believed that a close relationship with
nature could lead to a more profound experience of the sublime a sense of awe and wonder at the
beauty and power of the natural world.
3. The Language of English Romantics:

The language of the English Romantics was characterized by its expressiveness and an attempt to
capture the depth of human emotion. They used rich imagery and symbolism to convey complex
feelings and ideas. The Romantics were also interested in exploring the vernacular and often
incorporated everyday language into their poetry to make it more accessible and to reflect the
authentic human experience.
4. The Relationship with Childhood in the English Romantics:

For the Romantics, childhood was a golden age of freedom, imagination, and closeness to nature.
They believed that children had a special connection to the divine and that they could see the world
with a clarity and wonder that adults had lost. Poets like William Blake and William Wordsworth
often used childhood as a symbol of pure perception and as a way to critique the corruption and
artificiality of adult society.
5. The Difference Between Medieval Ballad and Narrative Poem:

The medieval ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads were typically
composed in quatrains with a simple rhyme scheme and were passed down orally from generation
to generation. They often dealt with themes of love, death, and the supernatural. In contrast, a
narrative poem is a longer form that tells a detailed story, often with a complex plot and characters.
It can be written in various styles and does not necessarily adhere to the repetitive structure of
ballads. Narrative poems are more likely to be written down and published, and they often explore
broader themes and more intricate narratives. Examples include epics like Homer's "Odyssey" and
modern narrative poems like T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land."
6. Difference between generation

generation poets like Coleridge, Blake, and Wordsworth used simple language, addressing ordinary
people, and focused on purity, innocence, and childhood in their works. They viewed nature as a
calming presence and believed in the innate nobility of humanity, contrasting it with the corrupting
influence of civilization. Second-generation poets such as Byron, Shelley, and Keats employed
more sophisticated language to convey philosophical ideas. They were influenced by classical
literature and explored complex themes like death, immortality, and the human condition. Keats, for
instance, introduced the concept of "negative capability" and depicted a darker tone in his works
compared to Blake. Overall, both generations of Romantic poets integrated nature into their
expression of love, imagination, and experience, but they approached it from different perspectives
and with varying degrees of complexity in language and themes.
7. Shelly 1819
One of his most notable works from that year is the sonnet “England in 1819,” which serves as a
scathing critique of the political climate of the time. The poem reflects Shelley’s outrage at the
crises plaguing England, including the oppression of the common people, the corruption of the
ruling classes, and the state of the monarchy under King George III, who was infamously old, mad,
and blind by that time. The sonnet begins with a vivid description of the decrepit king and moves on
to lambast the princes and rulers for their incompetence and detachment from the suffering of the
people. It portrays a nation where the people are “starved and stabbed in th’ untilled field,” and the
army is used as a tool of oppression rather than protection. Shelley’s work from this period,
including “England in 1819,” is characterized by its revolutionary spirit and its hope for reform and
renewal. He envisioned a future where the “glorious Phantom” of liberty and justice would rise
from the graves of the current corrupt institutions to illuminate a new, more equitable era.
8. Imagination STC
Coleridge divided the mind into two distinct faculties: imagination and fancy. He distinguished
between primary imagination and secondary imagination. Primary imagination, which was an
unconscious process, was the sensory perception of reality and could be experienced by every
human being. It was also a mode of memory, since it manifested itself through images that recalled
relevant sensorial experiences which happened in the past. Secondary imagination was an echo of
primary imagination and could be experienced only by the poet, who consciously dissolves,
dissipates the images linked to past experiences in order to recreate. Fancy was inferior to
imagination because it was not creative. It was the poet's technical ability to transform perceptions
and words into poetry; thus it is the poet's ability to use linguistic devices in poetry to apply colour
to reality.
9. Principles of romanticism
Subject of the poetry: incidence of common life
Lenguage of poetry: language really spoken from the people but purified
What is a poet: is a men among men whit a great sensibility
What is poetry: spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings is also emotion recollected in tranquility
10. Kets
The poet according to kets must abandon himself to go into the world of imagination. He must have
the power to leave his body and move completely out of the real world and into the imaginary this
is for kets the negative capability

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Main Features of English Romanticism:

2. The Consideration of Nature in English Romanticism:

3. The Language of English Romantics:

4. The Relationship with Childhood in the English Romantics:

5. The Difference Between Medieval Ballad and Narrative Poem:

6. Difference between generation

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