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Romantic Poetry

Romantic Poetry. Anna Laetitia Barbauld. Anna Lætitia Barbauld.

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Romantic Poetry

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  1. Romantic Poetry

  2. Anna Laetitia Barbauld

  3. Anna Lætitia Barbauld • Anna Lætitia Aikin was born on June 20th, 1743. Her family lived near the village of Kibworth Harcourt, in Leicestershire. Her father, John Aikin, was a Presbyterian minister and schoolteacher. Both he and her mother, Jane Jennings Aikin, were Presbyterian Dissenters. As a child, Anna received a conventional domestic education from her mother. She later convinced her father to teach her some Latin and Greek.

  4. A Thought on Death

  5. When life as opening buds is sweet,And golden hopes the fancy greet,And Youth prepares his joys to meet,-Alas! how hard it is to die!When just is seized some valued prize,And duties press, and tender tiesForbid the soul from earth to rise,-How awful then it is to die!

  6. When, one by one, those ties are torn,And friend from friend is snatched forlorn,And man is left alone to mourn,-Ah then, how easy ’tis to die!When faith is firm, and conscience clear,And words of peace the spirit cheer,And visioned glories half appear,-‘Tis joy, ’tis triumph then to die.

  7. These lines are taken from Anna's Laetitia Barbauld poem "A Thought Of Death" which was written in the Romantic age. This poem represent the romantic era in several ways. First, it has a huge sense of human suffering , for example, " When life as opening buds is sweet, And golden hopes the fancy greet, And Youth prepares his joys to meet,- " (1-2-3). Second, it involves a vast range of emotions, for example, " When life as opening buds is sweet,And golden hopes the fancy greet,And Youth prepares his joys to meet,-Alas! how hard it is to die!”(1-2-3-4).

  8. third, there is a scene from nature, for example ,” When life as opening buds is sweet, And golden hopes the fancy greet,” (1.2).Fourth, there is a symbolism for life, for example, “When life as opening buds is sweet,And golden hopes the fancy greet, And Youth prepares his joys to meet,-”(1,2,3).Fifith, there is a spot of hope, for example “When faith is firm, and conscience clear, And words of peace the spirit cheer, And visioned glories half appear,-‘Tis joy, ’tis triumph then to die” (14.15.16).

  9. I think the poem describs the sad Moment ,that when someone dies and leaves u alone.‎

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