... and rejected the rules and rigid style of the poets before them, adopting instead a new style without such restrictions of subject, style or form. They believed in freedom, imagination, intensity and truth; the spontaneous, organic, natural evolution of the poet's own ... The Lamb" (Songs of Innocence) and its contrary "The Tyger" ("Songs of Experience") invite the reader to consider God and creation in different ways. The poet's voice in "The Lamb" is that of a child, asking us to relate the image of the Lamb of God, most innocent of Gods creatures, to the image of God himself as its cre...

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... experiences of his personal life (Safier 527). His poetry encountered great critical interest for its "employment of satire and verbal digression, its presentation of the individual versus society, and its treatment of guilt and innocence" (Safier, 528). Byron considered Alexander Pope--an important satirist in the Age of Reason--as a model for him and his writing, thus influencing his own satirical style. To ... Byron, identity was a sort of magical aspect and the world was destructive (West 55). The idea of himself is ... , Lord Byron attended Harrow School in London and then shortly ...

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... the embodiment of innocence and purity, something to be protected and nurtured. While they shared some similarities, Romanticism and Transcendentalism had many more differences. Romanticism emphasized the importance of emotions and individual liberties, particularly with respect to the artist. Originality was desired above all else, giving the individual complete authority over his own work. The movement did not place God as the center of the ... so on." (Harvey) The movement celebrated the power of the individual, the imagination, and spontaneity, rather than the authority of reasoning a...

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