The Victorian Period And Modernist Poetry In The Victorian Era

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The Victorian Era began in 1837, when Victoria became Queen, and this era ended around her death on January 22, 1901. This was a great era, because it brought peace and prosperity to Britain. The Victorian Era brought a rapid change and developments in nearly all aspects. This era brought many new writers and many different styles of writing. This era brought great writers like William Blake, Lord Byron, and John Keats. Victorian Era poetry was a mix between the Romantic period and Modernist poetry. This era brought us some of the greatest pieces of literature ever, with its mix of different styles of writing and great writers. The Victorian Era is definitely one of the greatest literary era’s of all time.
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Born as George Byron on January 22, 1778, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Byron isolated himself after his father left him and his mother blamed him for being born with a deformed foot. Byron would go on to publish his first volumes of poetry during his college years. Byron continued to write poetry and would publish many of his poems. One of those poems is “She Walks in Beauty”. This poem compares a woman’s beauty to the night. It says, “she walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies”. This poem compares the woman to many different elements of the night and also talks about the women’s beauty inside and out. Another poem by Lord Byron is, “Darkness”. The poem starts out by saying, “ I had a dream, which was not all a dream”. This makes the reader unsure on what is real or fake. In this poem, the people of the Earth are forced to burn everything to create light and warmth in the constant darkness. This allows the people to see each others faces, but it has a negative effect on the animals of the world. The animals die and the humans turn from hunters to scavengers and eventually die from starvation. Byron uses nature and problems in the world in his poetry. His Romantic poems fit in with this era perfectly helping him to become one of the most famous poets of his

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