Hornblower. Dear me, now! that’s what I came about.
Hillcrist [subsiding again into his chair]. Forgive me! Won’t you sit down?
Hornblower [not sitting]. Have ye got gout? That’s unfortunate. I never get it. I’ve no disposition that way. Had no ancestors, you see. Just me own drinking to answer for.
Hillcrist. You’re lucky.
Galsworthy, The Skin Game
5. What do you understand by “Romanticism” in poetry? Point out any Romantic features in the following extracts. Does Romanticism take any other forms than those apparent in the given passages? Give an account of what is commonly known as the Romantic Revival. Are there any other periods in our literature in which Romanticism flourished?
(1) Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made:
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,