At that time, Britain was the first country to experience the first industrial revolution and the largest colonial empire in the world. At home, the government used harsh laws to deal with mass movements, and the people's resistance was even higher, which eventually led to the later Charter Movement and parliamentary reform. From Blake to Keats, romantic poets have a deep feeling about this environment, and their works show unprecedented sharpness.
Famous poets mainly include Burns, Blake, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley and Keats.
Byron and Shelley are outstanding representatives of English romantic literature.
Byron's most important work, Don Juan, is a poetic novel, which describes the adventures and love experiences of the aristocratic young Don Juan in Greece, Russia and Britain through his travel notes, widely reflects the social life in Europe, criticizes the feudal forces, satirizes the hypocrisy and cunning of the bourgeoisie, and enthusiastically calls on the people to rise up for revolution. His poems are full of the spirit of pursuing democracy and national liberation, and full of high fighting passion. Shelley supported Irish national independence politically and appreciated the French Revolution. His poems are beautiful in tone, lively in rhythm and rich in imagination. Ode to the west wind and Ode to a Lark are world-famous. His poetic drama "Prometheus Liberated" takes Greek and Roman mythology as the theme, describing the story of Prometheus, the hero who stole fire for mankind, who was indomitable and was finally liberated by the forces of nature, pinning the poet's yearning for a glorious and ideal society full of love and expressing the poet's utopian socialist thought.