Question

Match each writer to the romantic trait reflected in his poems.

Answer 1

Answer:

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Fantasy and supernatural.
• William Wordsworth:  Healing power of nature.
• William Blake: Mysticism and spirituality.
• Thomas Gray: Aspirations and potential of all human beings.

The Romantic period was a literary movement that arose as a reaction to the Enlightenment. While the Enlightenment emphasized concepts such as logic and reason, the Romantics attempted to rescue those "human" traits that were less remarked upon. They focused on the individual, the magical, the supernatural, the traditional and the emotional. All of these writers contributed, in different ways, to this period.

Answer 2

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Fantasy and supernatural
William Wordsworth - Healing power of nature
William Blake - Mysticism and spirituality
Thomas Gray - Aspirations and potential of all human beings