Concetti Chiave
- Romanticism began in 1798 with Wordsworth and Coleridge's "Lyrical Ballads", emphasizing simple language and themes of nature and the supernatural.
- Wordsworth's poetry reflected a pantheistic vision of nature, suggesting God is present everywhere.
- Coleridge's poems often featured supernatural themes and used archaic language to enhance their mystical quality.
- Typical Romantic poems included sonnets, with two main forms: the Petrarchan (2 quatrains and 2 tercets) and the Shakespearean (3 quatrains and 1 rhyming couplet).
- A ballad is characterized by its archaic language, 4-line stanzas, and the use of refrains, originally intended to be sung.
Introduction to romanticism
Romanticism started in 1798 with a pubblication of a collection of poems called "Lyrical Ballad" written by Wordsworth use a very simple language and he wrote about nature. He had a phantheistic vison of nature and God was everywere.
Mr. Coleridge called about supernatural and he used an archaic language.
The two tipical poems of the Romanticism were A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines[
Type of sonnets:
- Petrarchan sonnet: 2 quatrains+ 2 tercets;
- Shakespirian or Elizabethan sonnet: 3 quatrains+ 1 riming couplet.
The rhymes could be:
- A
B
A
B
- A
A
B
B
- A
B
A
B
C
B
C
D
C
- Free verse: completly free: no rhyme, no metre;
- Blank verse: There is no rhyme, but the metre is "iambic pentameter"= 10 syllables divided into 5 feet (1 foot = 2 syllables).
]A ballad is a poem originally written to be sung.
The ballad has:
- Archaic language;
- 4-line stanzas;
- A refrain: repetition of the same lines.
Domande da interrogazione
- What marked the beginning of Romanticism in literature?
- What are the characteristics of a sonnet in Romantic poetry?
- How is a ballad structured in Romantic poetry?
Romanticism began in 1798 with the publication of "Lyrical Ballads," a collection of poems by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Wordsworth used simple language and focused on nature, while Coleridge explored the supernatural with archaic language.
Romantic poetry features two main types of sonnets: the Petrarchan sonnet, consisting of two quatrains and two tercets, and the Shakespearian sonnet, which includes three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. The rhyme schemes vary, including ABAB, AABB, and others.
A ballad in Romantic poetry is originally meant to be sung and is characterized by archaic language, 4-line stanzas, and a refrain, which involves the repetition of the same lines.
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