The topics of these poems ranged from many different categories, issues in society, the role of women, slavery, and immortality. The poets of this period though, mostly employed conventional forms. It was at this time that Emerson tried his best to expand these different forms while Poe attempted to change these unconventional effects. But these weren’t the popular topics for poetry at the time, the popular topics people wanted were things like rhythm and rhyme. Even the critics of this time did not like the conventionality of the poetry that was being written and published in the United States because it did not have the approach to rhythm and rhyme that was wanted. Although these poets were not the only ones during this time, some other poets were Lydia Sigourney, Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Rose Terry Cooke. Sigourney was one of the most popular and prolific writers of this time period, during her remaining fifty years of her life she published more than fifty additional books of poetry and prose. Smith was known during her time for being a writer and a leader of the crusade for women’s
The topics of these poems ranged from many different categories, issues in society, the role of women, slavery, and immortality. The poets of this period though, mostly employed conventional forms. It was at this time that Emerson tried his best to expand these different forms while Poe attempted to change these unconventional effects. But these weren’t the popular topics for poetry at the time, the popular topics people wanted were things like rhythm and rhyme. Even the critics of this time did not like the conventionality of the poetry that was being written and published in the United States because it did not have the approach to rhythm and rhyme that was wanted. Although these poets were not the only ones during this time, some other poets were Lydia Sigourney, Elizabeth Oakes Smith, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Rose Terry Cooke. Sigourney was one of the most popular and prolific writers of this time period, during her remaining fifty years of her life she published more than fifty additional books of poetry and prose. Smith was known during her time for being a writer and a leader of the crusade for women’s