Paper Abstract
A 14 page research paper that offers 2 separate essays, each essay is 7 pages in length. The first essay "What is Romanticism?," first all off, discusses and defines romanticism and then applies this definition to 2 poems each by Byron , Keats, and Shelley. Bibliography for this essay lists 9 sources. The second essay, "Dark Side of Romanticism," argues that romantic poets acknowledged that life has a darker side and that there is evil and corruption in the human heart that can never be complete eradicated. Evil will raise its ugly head as inevitably as there will also be beauty in the world. Byron's "Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte," Shelley's "The Triumph of Life," and Keats' "Lamia" are profiled. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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