The Victorian Romantics Finding a similarity between the Romantic era and the Victorian era can be a real challenge due to all the differences between them. “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge is a great example of a Romantic era literary work because of the various themes that comprise it. “The Lady of Shallot” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the Victorian era is a poem that can portray the society that shaped the era. Both poems share the theme of isolation because the main characters in the poem are isolated from others. The Romantic era lasted from the year 1798 to the year 1834 and is an era full of changes. In this era artists had the freedom to express what they felt through their working art. Therefore, the artwork and music of this period are truly expressive. Nationalism is also widely expressed by many artists during this era. This era is mainly shaped by many talented artists who were recognized nationally and globally. Classical rules were broken in this era, and political oppression never abated in the streets of England. The air smells of freedom for the people who live there, and new borders open for those who have decided to pursue their dreams. Artists bring their imaginations to life in published works of art. “In various forms, the novels shared a characteristic that the Victorians would have considered exemplary of the era's literary (if not polemical) imagination: a turning point, even an escape from the tumultuous and confusing here and now” (The Romantics and Their Contemporaries 11 ). The Romantic era gave the world the supernatural and mysterious side of art. Creativity is also a word that defines the Romantic era because it gave birth to its enlightened... half of paper... from Victorian society because she did not have a husband. Therefore, he is useless to society because he cannot contribute to it. Coleridge's isolation is not judged by the society of his time and does not last as long as the lady's. Another factor that influenced the theme is that the poem “The Shallot Lady” is fiction, while the poem “This Linden Bower is My Prison” is non-fiction. Coleridge's poetry is more like a dairy voice while Tennyson's poetry is more like a fairy tale. "The Shallot Lady" can be compared to the fairy tale Rapunzel because both characters were trapped in a tower due to a curse. Works Cited "This lime tree arbor is my prison." The Longman anthology of British literature. Eds. David Damrosch and Kevin JH Dettmar. 4th ed. vol. 2A “The romantics and their contemporaries”. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2010. 561-3. Press. .