Romantic poets

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How did the social upheaval of the French revolution influence the beliefs of the romantic poets?

How are these revealed in there poems?

The Romantic Movement arrived in the 18th century and carried on through to the early 19th century, it was the expression not suppression of feeling and emotion. Writers such as William Blake and Samuel Taylor Coleridge were rebelling against the political sphere. Jean Jaques Rousseau, a French writer and philosopher, created and believed in the concept of "the noble savage", the idea that humans are naturally virtuous but society corrupts them with rules. He was also a strong believer in the innocence of children as a natural unspoilt state; Wordsworth showed this in a lot of his poetry, this shows the influence of the romantic poets.

The French revolution started in 1789 due to a lack of money in the peasant community, the harvest had failed and they were starving in their own homes and without the money to afford food there was no way out. The peasants were also starting to get angry with the Lords and the Church because, while they had to pay their taxes with no money, the Lords and the