Concetti Chiave
- Romantic poets are divided into two generations: the first includes Wordsworth and Coleridge, the second Byron, Shelley, and Keats.
- Wordsworth's poetry is based on simple rustic life, using language similar to ordinary speech.
- Coleridge focused on making the fantastic and supernatural believable through his poetry.
- The second generation of poets, including Byron, Shelley, and Keats, traveled to Italy and died young.
- The second generation returned to complex versification, with enriched language and a renewed interest in ancient Greece.
Division of romantic poets
Critics normally divide the Romantic poets into two generations; the first in the generation of Wordsworth and Coleridge, while the second includes Byron, Shelley and Keats. Blake holds a place apart.
In his poems Wordsworth made poetry out of the incidents of simple rustic life, in a language that was similar to ordinary speech. Coleridge, instead, employed poetry to give credibility to the fantastic and supernatural.
Second generation poets
The poets of the second generation all left England, visited Italy, and died prematurely. While Byron and Shelley distinguished themselves for their rebellious spirit and passionate defence of freedom, Keats was mainly concerned with pursuit of beauty, and there are many who consider him a forerunner of the Aesthetic Movement, which was to characterise the last decades of the 19th century.
From the literary point of view, there are many But with the second generation there was a return to more complex forms of versification, the language became richer, and many poems showed a new interest in the world of ancient Greece.
Domande da interrogazione
- How are the Romantic poets typically categorized into generations?
- What are the key characteristics of the second generation of Romantic poets?
Critics divide the Romantic poets into two generations: the first includes Wordsworth and Coleridge, while the second comprises Byron, Shelley, and Keats. Blake is considered to hold a unique position.
The second generation poets, including Byron, Shelley, and Keats, left England, visited Italy, and died young. Byron and Shelley were known for their rebellious spirit and advocacy for freedom, while Keats focused on the pursuit of beauty, foreshadowing the Aesthetic Movement. Their poetry featured complex versification, richer language, and a renewed interest in ancient Greece.
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