Romantic writers rejected the logical style of writers from the age of reason and instead focused on individual experiences, thoughts, and emotions. romantic literature used lofty, expressive language to highlight a particular mood and message. what do you think these techniques offered to romantic writers that previous styles did not? consider the romantic literature you have read. do you think these techniques and styles were effective for the themes and subjects being addressed? why or why not?

Read this adapted excerpt from a famous poem by john keats. this poem is about a beautiful vase with intricate shapes and patterns. you, silent form, do tease us out of thought as does etemity: cold pastorall when old age shall this generation waste, you shall remain in the middle of other woe than ours, a friend to man, to whom you say "beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know what is the poet saying when he writes that "old age shall this generation waste"? the poet is expressing his dread of growing older the poet is mourning the changes he sees in his "generation." the poet is saying that beauty is illusionary and short-lived. the poet is saying that people don't live long; life is brief