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1、本文档系作者精心整理编辑，实用价值高。AComparisonBetweenByron,ShelleyandKeatsAsahistoricalperiodinEnglishliterature,theageofRomanticismextendsfrom1798.ItwastheproductoftheFrenchRevolutionandtheIndustrialRevolution.Itsideals--liberty,equalityandfraternity--hadaverystronginfluenceuponthewritersduringtheperi
2、od.GeorgeGordonByron,PercyByssheShellyandJohnKeats,theybelongtothesecondgenerationoftheRomanticMovement.Thesamesocialbackgroundcausesthattheirpoetryhavealotincommon,atthesametime,becauseofdifferentpersonalexperiencesandattitudes,theirpoetryhavemanydifferences.First,similaritiesoftheirpo
3、etry.1.Alloftheirpoetryexcelsinimagery.InByron'spoems,theimagesarelargelycreatedthroughallusions.Forexample,SheWalksinBeauty."Shewalksinbeauty,likethenightofcloudlessclimesandstarryskies",formthesentencewecanfeelthatByronsharpeddistinctiveartisticimage.Thewholepoemexpressesthegentle,kin
4、d,theidealbeautifulimage.Throughthefeeling,bodyimage,sothatreaderscanfeeltherealconditionbyimaginationandassociation.InKeats'spoems,theyarecreatedchiefly本文档系作者精心整理编辑，如有需要，可查看作者文库其他文档。本文档系作者精心整理编辑，实用价值高。throughelaborateanddecorativedelineationofnature,showingthebeautyofline,color,shape,o
5、dourandtaste.Forexample,ToAutumn.Keatsusedvisualimage,olfactoryimage,gustatoryimage,tactileimage,auditoryimage.Throughaseriesofimage,sothatreaderscanfeelthescene,feelthebeautyofimage.InShelly'stheexquisitenessoffigurativelanguageandsymbolismextollsthevisionaryscenes,whilethespontaneousf
6、lowfromthepoetheartsisfullofyouthfulfreshnessandenthusiasm.Forexample,OdetotheWestWind.Here,thewestwindhasbecomeakindofsymbol,itisakindoftheubiquityoftheuniversalspirit,itisakingofbreakingtheoldworldandpursuingthenewworldwestwindspirit.Shellyregardedthewestwindashimself,expressedhisbeli
7、efoflifeanddeclaredwarontheoldworldofdetermination.2.Theirpoetryhasapowerfulmusicaleffect.ThestirringrhythmsofByron'spoemsgripandholdthereaderlikemartialmusic;inKeats'sitistouchingmelody,forexample,ToAutumn.Itdescribedthebeautifulautumnscenery,thewholepoemisfullofbrightcolorand
