English poetry of the Victorian period, 1830-1890

Abstract

1. Introduction2. The Image of the Poet and the Function of Poetry3. The Diction of Victorian PoetryThe Parnassian and Delphic traditionThe colloquial traditionDialect poetry4. Victorian VersificationScansionThe LineStanzaic formRhyme5. Genres6. The Past7. Love Poetry8. Domesticity9. The Elegiac10. Victorian Satire11. Nature and Science12. Art and Artists13. Religion14. The City15. Women Poets16. Nonsense Poetry17. Adumbrations of ModernismChronology