also gave greater attention to explain natural phenomena accurately and to capture the nuances of the senses - and this is true in the field of
Romanticism poetry as well as in the field of Romanticism painting. However, the accuracy of observation was not visible for own benefit.
2. Exaltation of emotion over reasoning and feelings over intellectual
or rationality Emotion
The Romantic writers trusted their emotions and feelings to create poetry, while the poets in the former era adhered to the rules and
regulations while selecting a subject and writing about it.
30
This belief can be confirmed from the definition of poetry by William
Wordsworth, where he says that poetry is the spontaneous overflow of
powerful feelings. Definition of a good poem by Wordsworth as the
spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings indicates the point of inflection in the history of literature. On the theory of Romanticism, the
art is very valuable, not only as a mirror to the outside world, but also as illumination to the world within.
31
Emphasis on spontaneity is on the thoughts and actions as well as disclosure of the mind Spontaneous. Emotion and spontaneity is rated
higher by Romanticism than reason and rules, and parallel to it, people started to open his eyes to artificiality of society, human, and city
culture and to realize the value of nature in its original form and value
30
Deepa Kartha 2009, loc. cit.
31
Lilia Melani 2009, loc. cit.
cultures that is simple and primitive.
32
In literature and other arts, the adherents of Romanticism entrust to spontaneity, free expression of
emotions, and intuition in poring the mind into literature. Moreover, definition of a good poem by Wordsworth is the spontaneous overflow
of powerful feelings.
33
3. Sentimentalism
The major characteristic of Pre-Romantic is great emphasis to sentiment. In Sentimentalism age
—thus another name for the second half of the 18
th
century —the responsiveness of heart that gentle and
sensitive had greater value than common sense.
34
The effects of sentimentalism in romantic literature were both beneficial and
deleterious. With the Romanticists sentimentalism often degenerated into an abnormal stress upon the subjective or a display of
idiosyncrasies. At the same time, sentimentalism had built a body of ideas and feelings, of themes and patterns, on which creative originality
could operate.
35
One of the natural features romantic is that Romanticism figures often commit suicide because they infestation of
feeling is too strong.
36
32
Jan van Luxemburg, et.al. 1989, op. cit., p.165.
33
Lilia Melani 2009, loc. cit.
34
Jan van Luxemburg, et.al. 1989, op. cit., p.166.
35
Russell Noyes 1967, op. cit., p.xxv
36
Aoh K Hadimadja 1972, op. cit., p.46.
4. In-depth attention to self, high individualism Individualism or
