1 st Generation of Romanticism

1. 1st Generation of Romanticism Declaration of intents: • WORDSWORTH will with imagination be able to describe ordinary events from ordinary life as if they were supernatural; • COLERIDGE will with imagination be able to describe supernatural events from ordinary life as if they were ordinary.

2. Meaningful texts and poetic forms • “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” W. Wordsworth • “The Solitary Reaper” W. Wordsworth • “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways” W. Wordsworth • “Daffodils” W. Wordsworth • “Poetry and Imagination” S.T. Coleridge • “The Rime of Ancient Mariner” S.T. Coleridge poetic form: ballad.

3. Purpose of the poetry 2 cardinals points are: • Its power of exciting the sympathy of the reader, that is obtained by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature; • Its power of giving interest of novelty, obtained by modifying colours of imagination.

4. Type of language used • The language used in the rime is full of archaisms, that hypnotizes the reader; • The language is simple. Ballads convey the idea that the stories are true. Ballad is popular form of poetry, it originally ended over orally.

5. Topoi and subjects • emphasis on the self; • relationship with nature (truth, moral values, inspiration, symbol of higher ideals); • search for ethical laws of nature

6. 2nd Generation of Romanticism • Declaration of intents: • SHELLY believes in the poet's role as prophet. The poet is in contact with some power pervading the universe.

7. Meaningful texts and poetic forms • “Ode to the West Wild” P.B. Shelly

8. Purpose of the poetry

9. Type of language used • It's rich of texture and it is steeped in knowledge of history and culture of classical Greece and Rome; • Poetry is not for every one.

10. Topoi and subjects • language complex; • physical and spiritual level; • message to humanity.