Highlight the salient features of Romanticism with illustrations from the poems prescribed for study. 

Romanticism, as a literary movement, emerged in the late 18th century and reached its peak in the early 19th century. British Romantic poetry is characterised by a radical shift from the neoclassical emphasis on reason, order, and decorum to a focus on emotion, imagination, nature, and individual experience. The poets of this period challenged traditional structures, celebrated subjectivity, and foregrounded the spiritual and emotional lives of individuals. In the prescribed poems of British Romanticism, several salient features recur that define the ethos of this movement.

One of the most significant features of Romantic poetry is the glorification of nature. For Romantic poets, nature was not merely a backdrop for human action; it was a living entity, a source of inspiration, solace, and spiritual truth. William Wordsworth, often considered the quintessential Romantic poet, demonstrates this in many of his poems. In Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, Wordsworth reflects on the tranquil beauty of nature and its effect on the human soul. He writes, “Nature never did betray / The heart that loved her,” indicating a deep spiritual relationship with the natural world. The poem portrays nature as a moral guide and a restorative force, capable of healing and uplifting the human spirit.

This reverence for nature also extends to an exploration of the sublime—a feeling of awe, wonder, and sometimes terror in the face of nature’s grandeur. In The Prelude, Wordsworth describes an experience of rowing a boat alone and encountering a _______ ___ _______ __________ ______ __________ ____ _________ __________.
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