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Essay Archive - Romantic Sonnet
Romantic Sonnet
The Romantic sonnet holds in its topics the ideals of the time period,
concentrating on emotion, nature, and the expression of "nothing." The Romantic
era was one that focused on the commonality of humankind and, while using
emotion and nature, the poets and their works shed light on people's universal
natures. In Charlotte Smith's "Sonnet XII - Written on the Sea Shore," the
speaker of the poem embodies two important aspects of Romantic work in relating
his or her personal feelings and emotions and also in having a focused and
detail....
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