preview

Messages Of Charlotte Turner Smith

Decent Essays

Jaquelin Govea
Professor Patterson
English IV DC 7
25 March 2015
Messages of Charlotte Turner Smith Charlotte Turner Smith was a poet and novelist during the time of English Romanticism. She began the revival of the English sonnet and wrote political novels of deep feeling. Smith was a successful writer, publishing ten novels, three books of poetry, four children 's books, and other assorted works, over the course of her career. She always felt poetry was her calling although she excelled in her poems. Poetry was considered the most glorious form of literature at the time. Charlotte Smith 's poetry was admired by many romantic poets. After 1798, Smith 's fame faded and by 1803 she was poor and ill. In 1806, Charlotte Smith died. Eventually forgotten by the middle of the nineteenth century, her works have now been republished and she is recognized as an important Romantic writer. Many of her works today have been further interpreted to contain more messages and meanings behind them. Some of her significant works consist of the poems, “Written at the Close of Spring,” “To Sleep,” “Written in the Church-Yard at Middleton in Sussex” and many more. In the list of these works, Charlotte Smith portrays message based on the life she lived and the time period in which she was from. Smith was part of a wealthy family growing up. She had an education that was typical for a woman during the eighteenth century. Due to her father’s spending, she was forced to marry early in order

Get Access