Write the key difference between romantic era and victorian era
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What are the differences between Romantic and Victorian Poetry?
The main difference between romantic and Victorian poetry is the way in which these two portrayed life, new inventions, idea and philosophies in their poetry.
>>>Romantic Poetry:-
>>Time Period:-
>1800- 1830
>>Type :-
>Influenced by Nature
>Supernatural elements
>Wonderment, Romance, emotional aspects involved
>Alarmingly dramatic and expressive
>>Poets:-
>John Keats, Percy Shelley, Samuel Taylor,William Wordsworth
>>Language :-
>Conventional
>Full of expressions
>Expressive and dramatic
>Praise of nature
>Emotionally charged
>Flowery language
>>Concentration:-
>Centers on the poet: poet’s eye
>Emphasized the power of imagination and man’s relationship to the supernatural.
>>Themes :-
>Literary enlightenment
>Liberalization
>Artistic
>Nature
>Conventional women
>Aristocracy
>Middle-class
>>>Victorian Poetry:-
>>Time Period:-
>1837-1901
>>Type :-
>Influenced by science, innovations, and technology.
>Less emotional
>Down to earth
>Realistic
>Human misery was showcased
>Occasional poetry written to describe a particular event
>>Poets :-
>Alford Lord Tennyson, Mathew Arnold, Robert Browning
>>Language :-
>Medieval text
>Modern Language
>Can be easily understood
>Industrialization, grayness of life is brought out
>Realistic
>>Concentration:-
>Not just the views and experience of the poet; a second person can be involved
>Man as not a part of nature but as the ruler of it
>>Themes :-
>Industrialization
>Science technology
>Progress in medicine and communication
>Women’s large role in society
>Realistic portrayal of life
>Economic hardships
>Poverty
>Working class struggle with politics and daily life....
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Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. It stressed strong emotion, imagination, freedom within or even from classical notions of form in art, and overturning of previous social conventions, particularly the position of the aristocracy.
Victorians were just the opposite. They had a strict set of moral standards which were often applied hypocritically. Feelings and ideas were stifled. Victorian prudery sometimes went so far as to deem it improper to say "leg" in mixed company (the preferred euphemism if such must be mentioned was "limb"), and people would even put skirts on piano legs in the name of modesty. Those going for a dip in the sea at the beach would use a bathing machine. Verbal or written communication of emotion or sexual feelings was also often verboten so people instead used the language of flowers.
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