2. HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
French Revolution in 1789
American Revolution
Industrial Revolution
Social unrest among working class/ class
conflict among employers and employees
due to industrial revolution .
Luddit Riots of 1811-1819
Peterloo Massacre 1819
3. LITERARY FEATURES
OF THE AGE
German poet
A revolt against Neoclassical Age
Simple and plain language
Feelings and emotions gained importance.
Emphasis on Nature/ The slogan was return to
nature. Idealized rural life
Imagination was celebrated.
Free verse poetry gained popularity
4. AGE OF POETRY
It was essentially an age of poetry.
Most of the Romantic writers found poetry as
language of emotion and feelings.
It allows free use of imagination and fancy.
Poetry was mostly based on nature , landscape
and beauty.
common themes of the poetry
Use of symbols and Greek myths
5. MAJOR POETS OF THE
AGE
Graveyard Poets
First Generation Second Generation
Robert Burns
William Blake . Lord Byron
William Wordsworth . P.B. Shelley
Samuel Taylor Coleridge . John Keats
Walter Scott
Robert Southey
