# 4. Romantic Poetry

## Focus

For the Romantic Period, we are only focusing on poetry. This was by far the most popular form of literature, and the Romantic Period has produced some of England's finest poets.

Theatre was not very popular in the Romantic Period, or at least, not a lot of theatre was written.

Prose was beginning to be of interest, with Jane Austen and Mary Shelley as notable novelists, but the novel as a major literary art form only took off later in the Victorian Age, which is where we'll discuss more of it.

## Organisation

Each section is presented as follows:

- Introduction: a basic introduction to the genre and why it is relevant to our studies. You will find key terms and phrases to remember in bold. These terms and phrases should find their way into your Literary History File.
- Literary fragment(s): one or more fragments, translated to a more modern English to make it easier to understand. Often paired with comprehension questions.
- Study questions: one or more assignments that analyse the work on a deeper level. The answers to these should be included in your Literary History File.