Topic > Romantic and Victorian Literature

In the Victorian era, poets are inspired to debate each other in the heat of enlightenment. The literature of Romanticism compared to the Victorian era initially becomes a problematic topic to accept. As a Victorian poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins attacks the conception of religion by questioning the existence of God. Hopkins' sonnets reflect the problem of an oppressed religion and educate people about the conspiracy of an age of change through his magnificent poems. Hopkins remains faithful to the new and improved Victorian era by reconciling the absences of divinity. While others may disagree that GM Hopkins is not directly promoting a revolt against religion but rather inspiring a hopeful experience in the rejuvenation of faith, Hopkins circulates his ideas amidst the struggle, suffering and the agony of religion represented in his “terrible sonnets”. Hopkins is the new harbinger for the reasoning age of faith, science, skepticism and love; emphasizes the degree of faith and illustrates the truth of reality regarding religion, projecting its principle of skepticism. The Victorian era conceived through Romanticism became a relentless era regarding the turmoil of human development. Poets begin to broaden their understanding of faith to realism with the arrival of the Victorian. The spiritless characteristic of nature suddenly becomes the weight and agony of human suffering as revealed in Hopkins' poems, demonstrating great anxiety and desperation to move away from the ancient faith, Romanticism. Hopkins' sonnets are generally pessimistic about the culture of religion. In Hopkins' sonnet No Worst, There Is None, Hopkins talks about the deep pain that is semi-related to hell and death. “There is nothing worse, there isn't. Sharp pitch...... middle of paper......having suggested that Hopkins uses his poems and sonnets to awaken the corruption and achievement of technology and science, the Victorian poets are aiming to restore faith of humanity and this is the independence of mind and nature. It is also debated whether Hopkins' poems are conveying a satirical work in the changes of the era. Hopkins' poems may be ambiguous, but it is evident that his works enlighten those who despair about the contrast between religion and epistemics. The nature of humanity is never satisfied or complacent; tracks in life improvement continue to evolve with daily changes in everything else. However these changes over time are the beauty of literature, the work of art never fades due to this ever changing world; the changes are put together like pieces of a puzzle and in the answer they paint the world of literature.