The Romantic Period: An Important Characteristics Of The Romantic Period

What Shaped the Romantic Period Ever wonder what impacted the Romantic Period ? The Romantic Period was from 1785 to 1830 and was during the French Revolution. William Blake, William Wordsworth, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are three important writers that show important characteristics during this time period. Their writings show what it was like during the Romantic Period. There are many characteristics that played an important part of the Romantic Period; the three that impacted it the most are, a person 's connection with nature, imagination being important, and nonconformity. The first important characteristic of the Romantic Period is a person’s connection with nature. People believed that being close to nature made you closer to a man and whole, and the further away you were from nature the further away from life and less whole. Wordsworth quotes, in “The World is

Since the French Revolution was going on during the Romantic Period, a lot of writers would show nonconformity in their writings. They would write how things should be different and need to change. A good example of this would be “The Chimney Sweeper” from Songs of Experience by William Blake. In it he writes, “Where are thy father & mother? say?/ They are both gone up to the church to pray.” Parents would make their kids work to make money for them. A lot of kids were sent to work as chimney sweepers by their parents even though it was a very dangerous job. Blake writes this poem for people to be able to see what they are putting the children through. Wordsworth also quotes, “It moves us not.- Great God! I’d rather be/ A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;/ So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,” (lines 9-10) He says he would rather be Pagan then conform to different ways. He is referencing here about people moving away from nature. He believes it is a horrible mistake and refuses to conform to how they