The second generation of Romantics would move beyond their predecessors, emphasizing the emotional longings of the human soul. As we learn more about these writers, we'll take a look at the following questions:

  1. What was Byron trying to accomplish by his travels that differs from the type of tourism we engage in today? 
  2. How did Percy Shelley attempt to reinvent the poet's role, breaking away from the classical notion of the poet? 
  3. Why was beauty so important for Keats?

Recommended Reading: Poetry of Lord Byron
Keats, John. Ode on a Grecian Urn. 1819.

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