The romantic Age |
The Romantic period was shaped by a multitude of political, social, and economic changes. Many writers of the period were aware of a pervasive intellectual and imaginative climate, which some called “the spirit of the age.” This spirit was linked to both the politics of the French Revolution and religious apocalypticism. The early period of the French Revolution evoked enthusiastic support from English liberals and radicals alike. But support dropped off as the Revolution took an increasingly grim course. The final defeat of the French emperor Napoleon in 1815 ushered in a period of harsh, repressive measures in England. The nation’s growing population was increasingly polarized into two classes of capital and labor, rich and poor. In 1819, an assembly of workers demanding parliamentary reform was attacked by sabre-wielding troops in what became known as the “Peterloo Massacre.” A Reform Bill was passed in 1832, extending the franchise, though most men and all women remained without the vote.
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Victorian Period (1850-1900) |
The Victorian Age was time of Britain's change. Britain had great power, wealth and optimism. During the this time, they believed that it was there duty to make the world a better place. Britain was the world power at this time and had overwhelming wealth so you could say that business was "booming" at this time. The Victorian Age also brought the "Emergence of Realism." During the Realist time, people wrote about how the society really was. There was a division of rich and poor, and children suffered during this time. The Emergence of Realism eventually become an outgrowth and become known as Naturalism. This led to Charles Darwin's theory of Evolution, and this cause people to question many thing. It brought the question, "Is everything planned out or is it chance that causes everything."
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An Analysis of John Keat’s “Fill For Me A Brimming Bowl” Poems in English literature, particularly those from the Romantic Age, contain a variety of heavily-used rhetorical devices in order to convey the meaning intended by the author. In John Keat’s “Fill For Me A Brimming Bowl,” for instance, the reader finds a number of devices that aid in conveying the tone and, ultimately, the theme of this poem. Concepts such as love, memory, thought, and sadness pervade the poem in the poet’s attempt to convey the theme that trying to completely erase something from your head with alcohol isn’t a good idea. To begin to understand a poem, one must deal with the basics. These involve knowing general information about the speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, and subject. The speaker of “Fill For Me A Brimming Bowl” reveals himself (or herself) to be a man whose heart was broken by a woman. The occasion is unknown, and the time is unknown. The speaker’s audience does not seem to be anyone in particular and his/her purpose involves convey a strong emotion of a heartbreak. Brimming bowl acts as the subject of the poem. To paraphrase the events of the poem, one might say that the speaker is trying to get so drunk to the point where he completely erases a woman, who broke his heart, from his mind. In terms of tone, the poem begins with a unhappy or depressed mood or atmosphere but ends up gloomy and hopeful. Some diction that suggests this involves the speaker first using the words “Drown,” “Drug,” “Banish,” and “Despairing,” but then later in the poem by employing words like “Softness,” “Beaminess,” “Smile,” “Joy,” and “Halo”, the speaker reveals a more sadness tone by the end. This suggests that the speaker begins to take the memories of the lady as good things instead of bad. He does not have a depressed tone at the second half of the poem, he takes their memories has a “halo” . The three most significant rhetorical devices that the poet uses to convey the theme in the poem involve the use of imagery, hyperbole, and symbolism. The poet uses imagery to help the reader get a sense of filling up the brimming bowl with words and phrases like “fill me up” and “sight.” S/he also uses hyperbole as a way of exaggerating his feelings, specifically with phrases like “drown my soul,” “deep a draught.” Finally, the poet uses symbolism to give deeper meaning to the poem by his drinking to forget a girl. Thus, the devices used by the author give the reader the idea that every man will sooner or later feel the pain that the speaker is feeling right now. Essentially, this poem is about drinking helps to forget about women. To create this meaning, the author uses numerous devices of rhetoric and the effects of tone to create an atmosphere that changes from despairing to somewhat hopeful. As a result, we can see how the use of rhetorical devices and tone give meaning to poetry and other forms of literature. |
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