I got the definitions of individualism in romantic poetry (literature) but I don't get what does that exactly mean. It's confusing when I'm trying to find the part that shows the individualism in romantic poem.
In the romantic poem, how can I distinguish the individualism?
Can you have an example poem which shows the individualism?
What is the celebration of individual in romantic literature?
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- 3+ months ago by mdkloves76
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- poetry, romantic, celebration, literature, definition, romanticism
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At one time all stories were heroic epics, either tragedies (the hero dies) or comedies (the hero lives). In the middle ages a new fad blew in: stories with no hero and a happy ending. Because the fad was primarily in countries that spoke Roman languages, they were called romances. In Italy a particular style of book writing was called novella historia, which has been shortened to novel.
The point of all this is that literature is not defined, it just grows. People talk about it, so they make up new words to describe what they are taking about, and those words change meanings. For example "romance" no longer means a story with a happy ending, and even "happy ending" has taken on a new meaning. It reaches a point where you just let people talk, while you nod and pretend you are fascinated.