Major Figures and Works of the Romantic Age in genre of Poetry:
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There were three groups of poets in the Romantic Age who wrote romanticism approach in their poetry in first group of poets; their poetry was all about nature and physical landscape. In this way the prominent figure of this age was Wordsworth, and also other poets considered to be the ‘Poets of Nature’. They also talked about the personal feelings and autobiographical work as well.
The Lake Poets: In this group of poets William Wordsworth (1770-1850) was the most popular figure of the age and he talked about the life of natural settings and he sketched these scenes in his autobiographical poem, ‘The Prelude’ was all about a kind of autobiographical work in which he narrated his growth of mind written in 1799 but could not publish in his life. His further famous work was ‘The Excursion’ in 1814 and ‘The Recluse’ the second part and third part remained incomplete. He also wrote sonnets such as ‘To Milton’, ‘Westminster Bridge’ and ‘The World is too much with Us’ written with the ideology of thought and language. Similarly he also wrote Odes such as ‘Ode to Duty’ and ‘Ode on the Intimations of Immortality’ explaining philosophical aspects of life.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1832) was also one of this group worked with Wordsworth, wrote under the influence of French Revolution. His famous work was poem in Lyrical Ballades ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ which was longest poem and his masterpiece showing the Gothic elevation of English Romanticism and also foreign settings. This poem was actually the imaginative, picture of nature and psychological perspectives to humanity. His ‘Religious Musings’, ‘Destiny of Nations’ and Ode to the Departing Year’ in 1796 was poetical work while expressing political objectives. Poem ‘France’ written in 1798 was also famous poem. There was another poem ‘Christabel’ a story of young girl. ‘Kubla Khan’ was also a well-known work of Coleridge in which he portrayed the picture of oriental dreaming. His other work was ‘The Dark Ladie’, ‘Youth and Age’ and ‘Dejection’.
Robert Southey (1774-1843) was also the part of Lake Poets. His famous work was ‘Thalaba’, ‘Curse of Kehama’, ‘Madoc’ and ‘Roderick’. Moreover he wrote some ballades such as, in ‘My Days among the Dead are past’.
The Scott Group: In this group of poets was Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) who got instant fame with his long narrative poem ‘The Lay of the Last Minstrel’ written in 1805, and ‘Marmion’ in 1808 his best poems having good poetic power. Other work of Scott was ‘The Lady of Last Minstrel’, ‘Rokeby’ and ‘The Lord of the Isles’. These poems were written in settings of Middle Ages poetical expressions. Another member of Scott group was Thomas Campbell (1774-1844) wrote his famous work ‘Gertrude of Wyoming’ in 1809 adopting Spenserian stanza style. He also wrote patriotic songs such as ‘Ye Mariners of England’, ‘Hohenlinden’ and ‘The Battle of the Baltic’. Moreover he wrote ballades such as, ‘Lord Ullin’s Daughter’.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was the last member of this group who wrote under the spell of Scott writings. His famous work was ‘Irish Melodies’ which are musical poetical work. He also wrote tales ‘Lalla Rookh’.
The Younger Group: In this group of poets second generation of Romantic era are included such as Byron, Shelley and Keats. First and second worked mostly in Italy and died in young ages.
Lord George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) He wrote first of his poetical works satirical work. However, he was still influenced by 18th-century satirists and was, perhaps the least "romantic" of the three, preferring "the brilliant wit of Pope to what he called the 'wrong poetical system' of his Romantic contemporaries" (Wikipedia). He wrote ‘English Bards’ and ‘Scottish Reviewers’ in 1809 which were opposite to the soul of romanticism, so he was considered to be the ‘Romantic Paradox’ (Malik, 2017). Moreover his long poems such as ‘Childe Harold Pilgrimage’ written two Cantos in 1812 made him famous. His famous Romance was ‘The Giaor’ written in 1813 make him popular all around the world. His third and fourth Cantos of ‘Childe Harold’ written in 1816-18 made him one of the great poet of the age and also his satires such as ‘Beppo’ in 1818, ‘The Vision of the Judgment’ in 1822 and Don Juan’ written in 1819-24.
Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was also the major figure of Romantic Era. His well-known poems are ‘Ozymandias’, ‘Ode to the West Wind’, ‘To a Skylark’, ‘Music’, ‘When Soft Voices Die’, ‘The Cloud’ and ‘The Masque of Anarchy’. An elegy, ‘Adonais’ written on the death of his friend John Keats. Moreover, Shelley wrote ‘A Defence of Poetry’ presents a drastic view of poetry. ‘Queen Mab’ written in 1813 disclosed that he was a successor to the French and British revolutionary intellectuals of the 1790s. His ‘The Revolt of Islam’ written in 1817 was revolutionized work representing also the image of French Revolution. He further wrote many famous poems such as, ‘Alastor’ in 1816, ‘Julian and Meddalo’ in 1818 were poems, ‘The Memoriam’ and ‘The Triumph of life’ are elegies. Moreover he wrote some lyrical poems such as ‘To Constantia Singing’ and ‘Ozymandias’, and ‘Lines Written among the Euganean’ was a sonnet, ‘Stanzas Written in Dejection’, ‘Ode to The West Wind’ one of his best Poem, ‘Cloud’ ‘Skylark’ and ‘O world! O Life! O Time’ mostly written in natural settings.
John Keats (1795-1821) was the one of prominent figure in Romantic poets. He was called poet of Beauty as his famous lines are, “A thing of beauty is a joy forever” and “Truth is beauty and beauty is truth”. He wrote famous work ‘The Poems’ in 1820 in which ‘Isabella’, ‘The Eve of St. Agnes’ and ‘Lamia’ were the part of these poems. Moreover the epic poem ‘Hyperion’, and ‘La Bella Dame Sans Merci’ were famous work of John Keats. He was particularly renowned for his sensuousness and imagery. ‘Ode to Psyche’, ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, Ode on a Grecian Urn’, ‘Ode on Melancholy’, ‘Ode to Autumn’. He was also renowned by his aesthetic ideology and negative capability.
Another important poet in this period was George Crabbe (1754–1832) his famous work was ‘The Village’ written in (1783), ‘Poems’ in (1807), ‘The Borough’in (1810), and his poetry collections ‘Tales’ (1812) and ‘Tales of the Hall’ (1819) (Wikipedia)
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