Difference Between Romantic and Victorian Poetry

Romantic and Victorian Poetry

The romantic age and Victorian age were two notable periods in English literature. The romantic age was an artistic and literary movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. 

The victorian age was the period during the reign of Queen Victoria. The main difference between Romantic and Victorian poetry was that Romantic poets revered and adored nature whereas Victorian poets regarded nature as a more realistic and less idealistic angel.

Romantic poets included John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and Lord Byron. They wrote passionate love poems which are full of descriptive images, similes, and metaphors.

VICTORIAN PERIOD 1837–1901 It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities, and national self-confidence for Britain 

There had been a decline in novel writing at the beginning of the century, partly because fiction had turned to horror and crude emotionalism and partly because of religious and moral objections to the reading of novels. However, with the rise of the popular magazine, authors began to experiment with serialized fiction. Soon they were writing novels.

Charles Dickens (1812-70) One author who became famous by writing in magazines was Charles Dickens. Dickens became the most famous author of the Victorian Age. Few of his novels have convincing plots, but in characterization and in the creation of moods he was outstanding. By 1850 Dickens had become England's best-loved novelist. Some of Dickens’ most famous works are A Christmas Carol, Bleak House, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, and Oliver Twist.