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2. Govt. Post Graduate College Mirpur
Department of English
• Presented By: Qaisar Shabir
• Class: BS English-VI
• Roll No. FA17E01025
• Topic: Romantic vs Victorian Poetry
• Presented To: Prof. Hafeez Ullah Khan sb.
Presentation of Romantic and Victorian Poetry

3. Romantic and Victorian Period
Romantic period and Victorian period were two major periods in English
literature. Romantic and Victorian poetry refer to the poetry produced in the
Romantic and Victorian periods, respectively. The key difference between
Romantic and Victorian poetry lies in the way in which these two schools of
poetry portrayed life, new inventions, idea, and philosophies. Romantic poetry
was mainly influenced by nature and regarded nature in an idealistic and
romantic light whereas Victorian poetry was more or less influenced by
scientific and technological discoveries of the period.

4. Romantic Poetry:
The Romantic era originated in the 1800s and ended around 1830s. The birth of the
Romantic period is known to be associated with intellectual artistic movement with
which people gained more knowledge and entered into great depths of education.
Romantic period mainly focused on literature or art that was emotional and aesthetic.
During this era, people were encouraged to re-connect with nature; they were
reminded of nature and its values, and were given freedom to express their individual
imagination and taught of spirituality, value of human kind. There was also an
overturning of previous social conventions, especially in terms of the position of
the aristocracy. All in all, it can be said that Romantic poetry is idealistic, emotional,
romantic, and greatly influenced by nature.

5. Victorian Poetry:
With the end of the Romantic era, the reign of Queen Victoria or the Victorian
period came into being. The Victorian Era began in 1837 and lasted till 1901,
until the death of queen Victoria. The industrial revolution that
took place,in the Victorian period, had a major influence in literature. The
influence of science and technology can be seen in many works written during
this period. Unlike the Romantic artists, Victorian artists didn’t see nature in an
emotional and idealistic light. Their treatment of nature was more realistic and
was influenced by the technological inventions of the era. These characteristics
of Victorian literature are also reflected in the poetry of the era.

6. Similarities Between Romantic and Victorian
Poetry:
• Both maintained formal structures, rhymes, meters, etc.
• Both eras had a male dominant society
• Changes and occurrences that happened between the 18th and 19th centuries such as
colonization and technical progress are reflected in the poems in terms of art, work and
daily life of the people.
• Many literary works were based on the interpretation of the Bible, which caused an inquiry
towards the church, but the two eras had two different interpretations for this notion.
• Both these eras of poetry questioned the facts of formal religion and formed new ideas on
it.

7. Differences Between Romantic and Victorian
Poetry:
Time Period 1800- 1830 1837-1901
Type
• Influenced by Nature
• Supernatural elements
• Wonderment, Romance, emotional
aspects involved
• Alarmingly dramatic and expressive
• Influenced by science, innovations,
and technology.
• Less emotional
• Down to earth
• Realistic
• Human misery was showcased
• Occasional poetry written to
describe a particular event
Poets
John Keats, Percy Shelley,
Samuel Taylor,William Wordsworth
Alford Lord Tennyson, Mathew
Arnold, Robert Browning

8. Cont..
Language
• Conventional
• Full of expressions
• Expressive and dramatic
• Praise of nature
• Emotionally charged
• Flowery language
• Medieval text
• Modern Language
• Can be easily understood
• Industrialization, grayness of life is brought
out
• Realistic
Concentration
• Centers on the poet: poet’s eye
• Emphasized the power of imagination and man’s
relationship to the supernatural.
• Not just the views and experience of the poet; a
second person can be involved
• Man as not a part of nature but as the ruler of it
Themes
• Literary enlightenment
• Liberalization
• Artistic
• Nature
• Conventional women
• Aristocracy
• Middle-class
• Industrialization
• Science technology
• Progress in medicine and communication
• Women’s large role in society
• Realistic portrayal of life
• Economic hardships
• Poverty
• Working class struggle with politics and daily life

9. Key Differences:

10. Periods:
• Romantic Poetry was produced during the reign of Queen Victoria.
• Victorian Poetry was produced during the approximate period from 1800 to
1850.

11. Themes:
• Romantic Poetry predominantly used the theme of nature. In addition,
themes of pastoral life, medievalism, Hellenism, supernaturalism can also be
observed.
• Victorian Poetry used medieval myths and legends as well as realistic issues
such as the struggle between science and religion.

12. Treatment of Nature:
• Romantic Poetry revered and admired nature.
• Victorian Poetry treated nature in more realistic and less idealized view.

13. Emotion vs Intelect:
• Romantic Poetry gave prominence to emotion, imagination and
spontaneity.
• Victorian Poetry gave more importance to intellect and realism.

14. Major Figures:
• Notable Romantic Poets include William Blake, William Wordsworth,
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats.
• Notable Victorian Poets include Robert Browning, Gerard Manley Hopkins,
and Lord Tennyson

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