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British Literature
Exam #1- The Romantic Period

What is imagination, the act or power of forming mental images of what is not present. The use of imagination in Romantic poetry was vital to the success of poets. Imagination allows the poet to transform different ideas into one great thought. Using this attracts an audience and pulls them into the poets’ thoughts. During the Romantic Era, many poets were able to capture their audience through their use of imagination throughout their poems. This essay will cover three poets, (Blake, Keats and Shelley) and their own personal uses of imagination. Also, it will cover the comparisons in the use of imagination.
Blake, a poet from the 1700-1800’s, used his imagination to draw his audience in, but leave them thinking afterwards. In the poems The Tyger and The Lamb, Blake connected the poems through questions. How could HE make something so innocent as well as the tiger? Why would HE create such a powerful animal? Blake used his......

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