Sentimental poetry, like a bridge, straddles between the classical poetry of18th century and the romantic poetry of19th century, and plays a connecting role. Although this poetry genre did not completely get rid of the shackles of classicism in form, it broke some limitations of classicism in content, thus in the development of English poetry, it not only sang an elegy for the classical poetry in the early18th century, but also sounded the horn for the arrival of another poetic climax in the early19th century-romantic poetry. The characteristics of "abandoning the old and welcoming the new" can be summarized as follows: some sentimental poets continue to follow the classical "heroic two-line" model in their works. However, most sentimental poets gradually feel that the artificial carving of "heroic two-line style" is too strong, lacking some room for detour, which often inhibits the natural expression of feelings. So they began to try their best to get rid of Pope's heroic double-line style, or innovate on the basis of the original work, or imitate the creative styles of previous masters such as Spencer, Shakespeare and Milton, and even "find chapters and sentences" from their works. As a result, ancient folk songs gradually gained the upper hand, and blank poems began to regain their coquettish style. Yang called it "a poetic style that has never fallen and no one cursed. Now it has been re-recognized and incorporated into the real language of godlessness." The characteristics of Ke English's sentimental poems are collected by Xiao Ke and the paper network through the network and published by the staff of this site. English sentimental poems are characterized by high-quality academic papers, which can be used for learning and academic exchange by visitors of this site and cannot be used for other commercial purposes. The copyright of papers with the characteristics of English sentimental poems belongs to the original author. Due to network arrangement, some authors are unknown. Please forgive me. If you need to reprint, please indicate the source and paper network. If this paper can't meet your paper requirements. Lin's "Late Fu" is a rhyme poem, neat and beautiful. If rhyme is used to enhance its rhythm, it is undoubtedly a failure to gild the lily. In addition, Spencer's stanza was revived in Thomson's poem The Castle of the Inert Witch, and the Sonnet was introduced in Cooper's To Mary Unwin. Most sentimental poets think that poetry should have its own unique language, which is elegant but not carved, fluent but not loose, clear and memorable, harmonious but not monotonous. In this respect, Cooper is closer to the romantic style of poetry, and he advocates that the language of poetry should be simple and straightforward, close to spoken language. However, because sentimentalism is born out of classicism, there are still a lot of accurate poems and excessive polishing in the works of a few sentimental poets, which can't get rid of the influence of the abstraction of classical poetry. For example, in Gray's Elegy of the Cemetery, abstract nouns are personified many times.
It is precisely because of these characteristics that sentimental poetry can be unique in the history of English poetry, thus establishing its unshakable literary status. Sentimental poetry originated from classical poetry and composed the prelude of romantic poetry. Therefore, a sentimental poet is sometimes called a romantic in the coat of classicism. Their creative theme of "returning to nature and advocating emotion" shows Wordsworth's definition of romantic poetry in the19th century. "All good poems are natural expressions of strong feelings." It can be seen that sentimental poetry is a branch that cannot be ignored in the long history of English poetry. It can be said that it has made great contributions to the natural transition from classicism to romanticism, and it should undoubtedly occupy a place in the history of English poetry. Although some sentimental poems show morbid self-pity and sentimental decadent sentiment, there are still many masterpieces handed down from generation to generation. For example, Gray's Elegy in the Cemetery is often regarded as the best poem in Britain in the18th century, and even in Britain all along, and is called "the swan song".