England's Romantic Poets

England’s Romantic Poets, active primarily from the late 18th to early 19th century, emphasized emotion, nature, and individual imagination over classical forms and logic. Key figures like William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and John Keats sought to explore personal feelings, the beauty of the natural world, and the power of creative inspiration. Their works often celebrated spontaneity, emotion, and the sublime, reflecting a reaction against the Industrial Revolution and rational Enlightenment. Romantic poetry profoundly influenced literature, emphasizing subjective experience and the importance of nature as a source of truth and inspiration.