Differences Between 18th Century Literature And Romantic Poetry Seen Through The Works From Alexander Pope And John Keats

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efforts by the difference in eighteenth century literature and
romantic poems, their descriptive natures and ideas they portray to the reader
through their writing.

Pope has written an eighteenth-century poem which he calls, "An Hero-
Comical Poem." This poem has exalted an over all sense of worthlessness for
common rules. The mentioning of Achilles and the ever-popular Aeneas, are
symbols of Pope's Gothic style. Pope speaks (almost) G-D like throughout, "The
Rape of Lock." Contrary to Keats, who is more down-to-earth with his sense of
realism in his writings. In the beginning of Keats romantic premise to life in
St. Agnes, all is cold. The opening sequence brings a sense of realism to this
bitter cold scene. Cold owls, rabbit's, and numb fingers on a holy, "Beads
man." The Beads man symbolizes the sense of age and spirit. Much of this poem
is a test of Keats inner soul or spirit. He has lead himself to St. Agnes for
his own personal account of life in a time long ...

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strength when
pain is being inflicted. His early images of purgatory, show Keats in a bind of
human emotion and regret for past sins. However, Pope does this as well
throughout, "The Rape of Lock." Although, Pope is less likely to find a happy
medium in his tale of tolerance. He does manage to relinquish all his desires
for the sake of his own inner strength. This strength is portrayed more
intensely through his soul. Memories are key to the anguish of the poem. In
all of Keats mediocre issues come love and honor. The entire tenth stanza is
caused by the emotions involved with love. However, this must leave some
readers at a loss. Keats doesn't seem to really care ...

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