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Differences Between 18Th Century Literature And Romantic Poetry Seen T

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


The differences between eighteenth-century literature and romantic poems,
with respect to history is constituted here. This is seen through the
influential works of John Keats and Alexander Pope. These works are
acknowledged as, "The Rape of Lock" and "The Eve of St. Agnes." Alexander Pope
takes his readers on a hatred filled epic. A robust piece of literature and
love induced psychoses in, "The Rape of Lock." On the other hand, "The Eve of
St. Agnes" told a tale of life, love, death, and eternal fate in heaven. These
two brilliant writers have given two magnificent poems. Pope exhibits many
characteristics of a narcissistic human being. His independence in life shows
through his writings in fiction. Which inevitably portray his deeper feelings
of life. Popes' efforts here are of outstanding quality. However, his poem did
fail to convince Arabella to résumé her engagement to Lord Petre. Most of
Pope's efforts here were written with time. Now, Keats has romantically
serenaded his reader with descriptive lust and desire, which can be compared
with popes' 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."...