Romantic poetry and paired texts: Introduction to the Romantics

In this lesson, we will think about why it is important to study poetry. We will also examine some of the basics of language, form and structure which will be useful in poetry analysis.

In this lesson, we will be introduced to the Romantic era and some of the ideas which were important at that time. We will see where the Romantic era sits in history and encounter some of the important Romantic writers.

In this lesson, we will look at how to identify a theme in a piece of writing, before exploring some of the common themes of Romantic writing. Finally, this lesson will guide you in how to write about the presentation of a theme in an extract of Romantic poetry.