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?

Romantic writers chose these techniques and the style of writing as a response to the previous movement for which they claimed was a bit suffocating and limiting. They wanted to express how they felt and to show that individualism is important. You can notice this with Coleridge and Wordsworth who wrote beautiful poems about imaginary things just so they could convey to others how they felt. They were very effective because it made people realize that they too are important and could be artistic and free and should not hide their emotions or their imagination from others.