Pre-Romantics:
Some poets felt that too much emphasis, during the latter part of the Enlightenment, was placed on education, intellect,
and social rules. They put emotion back into their work, and dealt more with individualism.
William Blake is considered to be a pre-Romantic. He wrote "The Lamb" and "The Tyger" in
his Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience.
His poetry often was about the mystical side of everyday existence. He believed everything had a spiritual
counterpart.
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