For example, I loved it when my husband called me his ‘sweet baby. On the other hand, nicknames with a critical undertone, ...

Such foreshadowing, of course, is never good news in the literary world of romantic poetry, and Bess has to make a brave sacrifice to save her love. Noyes uses clever and vivid imagery to tell the ...

is the fact that half of Shakespeare’s poems were addressed to a young man, an unnamed “Fair Youth.” Depending on which ...

The Romantic poets redefined how we think about topics such as nature, revolution and the imagination - but just how well do you know them? And how romantic were they really? BBC Bitesize ...

At first glance, Ian Duhig’s marriage ditty is not the most romantic of poems - but it could also be argued that the lack of bells, whistles and sickly sweet sentiments makes it the very ...

love poetry and plays. Some are romance novels entirely: for others, though, love might just be a small part of their stories. Together we think they make a collection of the best romantic quotes ...

To make poetry more approachable, Camarda turned to some of the best lyrical artists of the 20th Century, showing students that modern pop stars have a lot in common with the classic Romantic poets.

tells a story of how poets, beginning in the Romantic period, found a new avenue to pursue meaning in life. "People have a very strong sense of the powerful meaning of our relation to nature ...