Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born in 1828 and died in 1882.

He was also an illustrator, painter and translator.

1. Common Man and Childhood over Urban SophisticationRomantics believed in the natural goodness of humans, which is hindered by the urban life of civilization. They believed that the savage is noble, childhood is good and the emotions inspired by both beliefs causes the heart to soar.

2. Emotions over Reason Romantics believed that knowledge is gained through intuition rather than deduction. This is best summed up by Wordsworth who stated that “all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.”

3. Nature over ArtificialRomantics stressed the awe of nature in art and language and the experience of sublimity through a connection with nature. Romantics rejected the ideas of the industrial revolution .

4. The Individual over SocietyRomantics often elevated the achievements of the misunderstood, heroic individual outcast.

5. Imagination over LogicRomantics legitimized the individual imagination as a critical authority.

The wind flapped loose, the wind was still,Shaken out dead from tree and hill:I had walk’d on at the wind’s will,—I sat now, for the wind was still.

Between my knees my forehead was,—My lips, drawn in, said not Alas!My hair was over in the grass,My naked ears heard the day pass.

My eyes, wide open, had the runOf some ten weeds to fix upon;Among those few, out of the sun,The woodspurge flower’d, three cups in one.

From perfect grief there need not beWisdom or even memory:One thing learnt remains to me,—The woodspurge has a cup of three.

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