James Thomson’s Poem, City of Dreadful Night

An important feature of James Thomson's poem 'The City of Awesome Night' is anxiety about pessimism, uncertainty, and the transformation of the country by modernization. Uncertainty reflects the change of the Victorian era and this poem was written in 1873, only decades after the Industrial Revolution. Not only that, while questions and doubts about religion are emerging in public debates, new science and ideas are breaking through (wild).

Historian Francis Yates of the Renaissance, poetry "Shadow of Night" of 1594 of George Chapman, "Anatomy of missing" Robert Burton is his the influence of the prints of Dürer made in the (1621) I think that I have received it. Description Dürer'sMelencolia is the hostess of a terrible night city in the last poems of James Thomson's poetry. Printmaking is using romantic poetry from the 19th century in England and France.

An important feature of James Thomson's poem 'The City of Awesome Night' is anxiety about pessimism, uncertainty, and the transformation of the country by modernization. Uncertainty reflects the change of the Victorian era and this poem was written in 1873, only decades after the Industrial Revolution. Not only that, while questions and doubts about religion are emerging in public debates, new science and ideas are breaking through (wild).

James Thomson wrote the rules of Britannia. Around 1700 - 1748. In 1940 Alfred was published in commemoration of Prince of Wales. This poem is very popular in the Royal army, it adapts to patriotic songs. This poem contains many icons and symbols. These can be analyzed using Roland Barthes's semiotics to explain the meaning of poetry and the author's intention at the time of writing. Icons used in poetry are British and tyrant. These icons show the British advantage over tyrant. According to the command of heaven, the Englishman surrenders and recognizes the British 's power to tyrant. Therefore, heaven means a strong spiritual being. As they work under the guidance of heaven, British people can win the tyrant. Britain believes heaven is related to good things, so their conquest is legal.