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How do the pre-1914 poets accept or reject the stereotype of women in the era?
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How do the pre-1914 poets accept or reject the stereotype of women in the era? Victorian women were stereotyped as weak timid and private however Victorian men were stereotyped totally different they were brave independent and public. In this essay I will discuss when the poets of the years prior to 1914 accepted the strereotype of women. I have studided many poems from this era including "First Love" by John Clare "Birthday" by Christina Rosetti, "How Do I Love Thee" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "Villegiature" by Edit Nesbit and "A Women To Her Love" by Christina Walsh. In the following pages I will discuss the pre 1940's acception and rejection of the sterotypes of women at the time in relation to Birthday, Villegiature How Do I Love Thee First Love & a Women To Her Lover. In the poem "Birthday" written by Rossetti by saying "my heart is like a...
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