Romantic poetry

The Funeral of Shelley by Louis Edouard Fournier (1889); the group members, from left to right, are Trelawny, Hunt and Byron

Romantic poetry is the poetry of the Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. It involved a reaction against prevailing Enlightenment ideas of the 18th century,[1] and lasted approximately from 1800 to 1850.[2][3] Romantic poets rebelled against the style of poetry from the eighteenth century which was based around epics, odes, satires, elegies, epistles and songs.

  1. ^ Introduction to Romanticism Archived 2011-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. Uh.edu. Retrieved on 2012-05-17.
  2. ^ Romanticism Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine. Academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2012-05-17.
  3. ^ Romanticism : Introduction – Britannica Online Encyclopedia Archived 2015-05-04 at the Wayback Machine. Britannica.com. Retrieved 2012-05-17.