English 109

Study Questions: Romantic Poetry Selection

1. Romantic poets are known for their attempts to move away from elaborate, rhetorical style.   Pick any two poems; how would you assess these poems in terms of the simplicity of their language? (Go into some detail.)

2. Which poems seem to group together in terms of theme? List 3 or 4 themes and subjects that the poems seem to gather under and explain your choices.

3. If you were to discuss the poems as a reaction to industrialization, what opinions would you say the poems are expressing?

4. How do these poets seem to view nature, as opposed to civilization?

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