Discussing theme, genre, structure, rhyme, form, imagery, and influences, this Annotated Anthology examines the central features of Romantic poetry. The volume introduces key poems from major poets, including Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Hemans, and Keats. Helpful headnotes and annotations provide relevant contextual information and in-depth commentary on a number of carefully selected poems.


This invaluable text is easily adaptable as both an anthology and an insightful guide to reading and understanding Romantic poetry.