Feminist Identity in Romantic Relationships

Question: Discuss about the Feminist Identity in Romantic Relationships. Answer: Introduction: Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard is the most popular presentation of Thomas Grey in a poetic form and it is one of the most popular poems in English Language. The poem follows the two major poetic traditions that were ubiquitous in the eighteenth century (Parker 2014). The poem was written in the romantic age when the poet like William Wordsworth illustrated the romantic visualization through his mesmerizing poems based on love and nature. However, Thomas Gray went beyond the romanticism and found solace in meditating on death of his closest friend. The first poetic tradition was elegiac tradition, which presents a setting of poets meditation on death of a person. The simple yet contemplating expression of mourning creates a solemn mood. Another tradition is the landscape Tradition, which symbolizes philosophical as well as metaphysical musings (Neth 2015). The two different traditions have made this poem worth reading in the Senior English Poetry Course. The poem flourishes five different types of romanticism techniques. The first stanza of the poem illustrates the serene beauty of twilight and moves forward in the second stanza by explaining the theme of Death. The third interest of the poet serves for the poor and humble people and generates a sense of sympathy (Shrestha 2014). This trait is explained as the reflection of romanticism. Another trait of romanticism is shown in the explanation of the love and nature that have the evident existence in the poems of Thomas Grey (Najarian 2014). Apparently, the poet tries to highlight the nature cry from the tomb to convey the message that no one should abuse the nature just because it brings the hurtful memory sometimes. Ode to Nightingale by John Keats Ode to Nightingale is one of the most well known odes that try to define the inner feelings of the poet. This ode illustrates of the dominating themes of Romantic era. It demonstrates the alternative states of reality, the transience of life, mortality, natural world and the serene nature, and the poetry transmission (Khan, Zehra and Hafsa 2014). John Keats has presented the most specific and prominent features of Romantic poetry by presenting the creative imagination in this ode. The contemplation and individualism of the romantic era is reflected through the different stanzas included in this poem (Sharma, Sharma and Rehani 2015). The ode even demonstrating the eagerness of the individual to seek a connection with the nature by visualizing dreams, imaginaries and visions. The reflection of the romanticism has made this poem fruitful and worthy for the Senior English Course readings. In this poem, Ode to a Nightingale, John Keats examines the song of a bird by presenting the nature-based view. He exclaims that the birds enchantments inspire the poet to imagine the otherworldly aspects (Peterson 2016). Praising the nature is one of the major characteristics of the Romantic Poetry. The romantic poets often attempt to stay free from the constraints of the traditional type of poetries. They put the naturalistic views, experiences, emotional connection, and a vast imagination to elaborate the poem to the readers (Kay 2016). Hence, Ode To a Nightingale is the truest form of Romantic poetry. References Faulkner, S.L. and Ruby, P.D., 2015. Feminist identity in romantic relationships: A relational dialectics analysis of e-mail discourse as collaborative found poetry.Women's Studies in Communication,38(2), pp.206-226. Kay, A., 2016. Conspiring with Keats: Toward a Poetics of Breathing.European Romantic Review,27(5), pp.563-581. Khan, A.B., Zehra, I. and Hafsa, G., 2014. 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