Shakespeare is characterized by the storytelling and powerful imagery and diction of his poems. Byron is famous for his passionate heroism. Yeats is the most modern of the poets mentioned. Shelley Relatively speaking, the most musical Romantic poet, Wordsworth is similar to Shelley in some respects.
Therefore, the poetry of Shelley and Wordsworth is the most musical.
The artistic characteristics of Shakespeare's creation can be summarized as follows:
First, adhere to the principle of realism creation and believe that drama is a mirror that reflects life.
Second, pursue the natural performance theory and believe that acting should be realistic and avoid going too far.
Third, the plot is vivid and rich. There are often several intertwined and complex clues in a play, combining tragic and comic elements.
Fourth, a series of artistic images with distinctive personalities have been created. Such as Hamlet and Falstaff.
Fifth, the characters’ language is personalized. For example, Hamlet’s words are full of philosophy and poetry, the language of Polonius, the royal minister, is artificial, and Iago’s language is full of obscenities. According to computer statistics, Shakespeare created 29,066 words.
Byron's characteristics are: As a romantic poet, Byron also integrated great enthusiasm into the perfect combination of lyricism and narrative techniques, which shows the distinctive artistic characteristics of his poems and also It presents the special artistic charm of romantic new poetry. The "Lyric Epic" presents majestic and shocking pictures of the times: Spain is filled with the smoke of Napoleon's war of aggression, Italy is trembling under the iron heel of Austrian rule, and Greece is groaning under the enslavement of Turkey. In a flood of thoughts, Byron sadly described the suffering and sorrow of the oppressed people, and ruthlessly exposed the greed and cruelty of the oppressors and invaders. He paid tribute to the Battle of Waterloo and commented on Napoleon's merits and demerits. He sang proudly on the shores of the beautiful Lake Geneva, amidst the scenery of the lake and mountains, praising the lofty ideals of freedom and equality of Enlightenmentists such as Rousseau and Voltaire. In Greece, when the poet was exposed to the glorious ancient battlefield, he could not help but have surging thoughts and strong aspirations. He expressed deep sympathy for the fate of the Greek people who were suffering from foreign oppression. At the same time, he also expressed dissatisfaction and resentment that they had forgotten the glorious achievements of their ancient ancestors. He wanted to awaken people with bright war songs and change their ignorant and negative attitude of being indifferent to the fate of the motherland.
Shelley: "Percy, Bysy, Shelley, heart of hearts", this is the tombstone inscription that Shelley drew up for himself during his lifetime. The inscription is also a general summary of Shelley's poetry. His poems are typical of spiritualized social life. The fantasy of his works, the free way of describing nature, the endless wonderful metaphors and the musicality of language constitute the complex and changeable artistic style of Shelley's lyric poetry.