The Famous Literary figures

during the Romantic Period.

 Percy Shelley
• 1792-1822
• A great nature lover like Wordsworth
• Dwelt on nature’s beauty
• Drowned at the age 30 while boating
the sea of Italy
• Described as wanderer following a
vague vision, forever sad and
disappointed.
 John Keats
• 1795-1821
• Born of poor parents who at his birth lived
in a stable
• He decided to have his poetic career when
he was in high school.
• His first poems weren’t received well by the
critics, but this did not prevent him from
continuing to write.
• All his important poems were written in the
span of four years.
 George Gordon Byron
• 1788-1824
• His mother was violently impulsive.
• His feet were deformed.
• He is also known as Lord Byron
• He was capable of holding anger to
anyone who crosses his path.
• He hated men and women as they
actually existed
 William Wordsworth
• 1770-1850
• England’s greatest poet of nature and the
most important poet of the Romantic Age.
• His method in writing was to make the
common uncommon.
• Primarily interested in the reinterpretation
of nature, of man’s relation to it, and of the
relation of both to God.
• In 1843 he was appointed as the Poet
Laureate
Literary Devices
• Simile: Simile is a device used to compare one object to another to help readers
understand or to clarify the meanings using ‘as’ or ‘like’.

Examples:
• You were as brave as a lion.
• They fought like cats and dogs.
• He is as funny as a barrel of monkeys.

• Personification: Personification is to attribute human characteristics to lifeless objects.

Examples:
• Lightning danced across the sky.
• The wind howled in the night.
• The car complained as the key was roughly turned in its ignition.
• Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of the same consonant sounds in the same lines of poetry.
Examples:
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. ...
• A good cook could cook as many cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.

• Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line.

Examples:
• Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers (repetition of the short e and long i sounds)
• Sally sells sea shells beside the sea shore (repetition of the short e and long e sounds)

• Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds.

Examples:
• Pitter Patter, Pitter Patter-repetition of the "t," and "r" sounds.
• The lint was sent with the tent-repetition of the "nt" sound.
• I think I like the pink kite-repetition of the "k" sound.
• Metaphor: Can be described as a comparison that shows how two things that are
not alike in most ways are similar in another important way.
Examples:
• Laughter is the best medicine.
• She is just a late bloomer.
• Is there a black sheep in your family?

• Imagery: The use of imagery makes the reader visualize the writer’s feelings and
emotions. The descriptions help the reader to imagine or feel the same joy felt by
the speaker.
Examples:
• My head is pounding like a drum.
• The kitten's fur is milky.
• The siren turned into a whisper as it ended.