ENGLISH ROMANTACISM AND ITS DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

This article aims at giving an overview on thewhole romantic period.  The  start  of  the  romantic  period,  the  way  it  happened,  the  poets that helped to make this period shine, the background of the poets and the details  of  the  romantic  poetry  that  ruled  this  era –all  of  the  aspects  are described very elaborately in this article. The romantic age was established at  the  end  of  the  eighteenth  century  and  it  lasted  up  to  the  30’s  of  the nineteenth  century.  This  romantic  period  replaced  the  neoclassical  period where the classical poets like Alexander Pope made classical poetry famous among  readers.  Elements  such  as  imagination,  emotion,  nature  were  used very  passionately  in  the  romantic  poetry.  There  are  more  than  four  poets who wrote romantic poems in this period but only the life and poetry of the significant four poets  are  written in this  article who  was  William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, John Keats, P. B Shelley. Wordsworth and Coleridge were the very first influencers of the romantic period.  This article will guide people in knowing even the little things of the romantic era.