Victorian poetry

موضوع: Victorian poetry الأربعاء أبريل 27, 2011 3:34 pm

Victorian poetry
The major poets of the Victorian era are Alfred,
Lord Tennyson (1809-1892) and Robert Browning (1812-1889). Both are
prolific and varied, and their work defies easy classification. Tennyson
makes extensive use of classical myth and Arthurian legend, and has
been praised for the beautiful and musical qualities of his writing.
Browning's
chief interest is in people; he uses blank verse in writing dramatic
monologues in which the speaker achieves a kind of self-portraiture: his
subjects are both historical individuals (Fra Lippo Lippi, Andrea del
Sarto) and representative types or caricatures (Mr. Sludge the Medium).
Other
Victorian poets of note include Browning's wife, Elizabeth Barrett
Browning (1806-1861) and Christina Rossetti (1830-1894). Gerard Manley
Hopkins (1844-1889) is notable for his use of what he calls "sprung
rhythm"; as in Old English verse syllables are not counted, but there is
a pattern of stresses. Hopkins' work was not well-known until very long
after his death

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