The Victorian era in Britain saw unprecedented economic growth and the height of the British Empire, but unregulated industrialization created wealth for few and misery for many, increasing inequality. Victorian society emphasized morality and strict social codes while Victorian poetry featured a mix of classical grand language and everyday slang, reflecting the changing culture and language in a growing capitalist economy. Common poetic forms included dramatic monologues, epics, and pastoral elegies.

2. Historical back ground
• 1-The Victorian era was a time of
unprecedented economic progress in
Britain.
• 2-England reached its height as a
world imperial power.
• 3-Unregulated industrialization
created great prosperity for a lucky few
But great misery for the masses.
• 4-The gap between the rich and the
poor increased with rise of trading
and industry.

3. *MAIN ASPECT OF VICTORIAN
PERIOD :-

4. Thematic
• 1-A mixture of social certitude and religious doubt
that reflects the age.
• 2-Stress on morality and strict societal codes were
enforced.
• 3-It captured the quality of the life of the empire.
• 4-Some times it returns back to the simple natural
values and techniques of medieval life and art .

5. Rhetoric
• 1-an escape of "the excessive subjectivity of the
Romantics".
• 2-A use of grand language of classical and
traditional poets that is mixed with slang everyday
language.
• 3-The ever-growing capitalist economy was not only
changing culture as a work ,but the very language
and images used in Victorian poetry.

6. Poetic form:

7. • 1-Dramatic monologue : is a type of poetry written
in the form of a speech of an individual character.
• 2-Epic: long narrative poems.
• 3-Past oral elegy: a poem about both death and
idyllic rural life.

8. Examble of victorian poetry

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