Abstract
While the Romantic Movement of poetry could be described in many words, “insignificant” is not one of them.
With such an expansive artistic movement, there was no doubt that these ideals would lead to the creation of poetry that would both define and outlive the time in which it was written. This article that posits three poems of the Romantic Movement that have achieved this, which include “Ode to a Nightingale” and “When I Have Fears that I May Cease to Be” by John Keats and “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley, due to how each used nature as a bridge to the subconscious, acknowledged the presence of permanence, and dedicated themselves to the feelings and emotion of the author.
Recommended Citation
McFadden, Mazzie, "The Romantic Movement as a Love Letter to Life" (2026). Hare & Bell Writing Contest. 27.
https://scholarspace.jccc.edu/hare_bell/27
Comments
This essay by Mazzi McFadden won Second Place in the Hare & Bell 2026 Writing Contest.