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Discovering a representative poem from the vast and varied Victorian Era can be challenging due to blurred Romantic/Victorian distinctions and the era's questioning of unity. This era, marked by exposure to new ideas and rapid change through industrialization, political reform, and social movements, saw the rise of doubt and fragmentation. Poems like "Dover Beach" directly capture these themes, while dramatic monologues explore different perspectives. Delve into Victorian poetry to uncover echoes of doubt and progress.
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Finding a representative poem difficult, because: • Romantic/Victorian distinction not sharp • long era--lots of poetry and it varied • “representative” implies a unified entity, but the Victorian era was the one which called unity into question
Era of exposure to other ways of thinking: • Railroads • Age of Empire
Era of rapid change: • Industrialization • Political reform • Beginnings of women’s movement • Beginnings of religious doubt on wide scale • Progress
So the representative poem… • Could represent doubt and fragmentation directly, e.g. “Dover Beach” • Could invoke issues of perspective and point of view in its form: dramatic monologue • In comparison, then...
