Comparison of two 19th Century Poems Written in the Medieval Style In the early 19th century, the industrial revolution provoked a return to medievalism by the poets and painters of the age. They wrote about the medieval world as idyllic and harmonious – a contrast to their own turbulent century. Although these two poems aren’t entirely idyllic, they are set in the medieval age, and use many similar ideas. Focus was on stories of courtly …showed first 75 words of 2464 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2464 total…it is personal – a character – the knight’s feelings firsthand rather than an interpretation of Mariana’s feelings transferred by the ‘paysage interieur’ onto the impersonal landscape. Although Keats does echo the knight’s decay in the landscape, Tennyson’s is more complex, and harder to interpret. Although a similar idea, each poet has chosen a different path, an! d interpreted a feeling of unrequited love, in their own, and equally successful way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**