Exploration of Romanticism in Poetry

Exploration of Romanticism in Poetry

The poems I will be describing date back to the Romanticism period of

time. The word "romanticism" originally originates from the Romans.

This era started in 1780AD. Previous to this period of time, there was

an era of science and fact. This was known as the era of

enlightenment. This is the purpose of the romantic era, which still

exists today. It was to acquire an escape from the science and

realistic way of life. There are many different well known poets of

this era. For example there is John Keats, William Blake, William

Wordsworth and many more. These poets all had romanticism exposed in a

variety of ways. As well as the traditional sense of love, there are

many other aspects. These other aspects include beauty, nature,

cosmic, glory, religious beliefs and transcendence. The most important

purpose for these poems portrayed the escapism that people wanted to

experience. The nihilism was the main cause of this entire era as

people felt emptiness within them and wanted to escape to a world of

imagination and fiction.

The first poem I will analyse for romantic aspects is a poem called

The Tyger by William Blake. William Blake was born in 1757 and died in

1827.

In this poem, there is a romantic aspect within the title. As

mentioned previously, nature is a part of romanticism. William Blake

has used an animal for the title of this poem. This portrays a

romantic aspect as animals relate to nature. These poems often have

hidden aspects within the text. For example, "what immortal hand or

eye" is a reference to god. This is a romantic aspect as it has

connection to religion. William Blake a...

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...orshipp'st at the Temple's inner shrine,

God being with thee when we know it not"

I think that nature is also said to be a peaceful and enjoyable

feature which makes nature seem as if people use it to turn to as an

escape from reality. This is also another hidden aspect.

It is vivid that all the poems that I have analysed have shown

romanticism in different ways. Some of the ways are religious

references, escapism, cosmic, love, nature and natural beauties. These

are all topics that people think about when trying to escape from

reality and enter a world of their own. This helps to people to relax

and relieve stress. This was the main purpose of all these poems.

Transcendence is also vivid in all of the poems.

As there is no era after the Romantic era, it is logical to say that

this era is still alive today.