romanticism: it was originated in england and came to american early in the nineteenth century. it shared certain characteristics: moral enthusiam, faith in the value of individulism and intuitive perception, and a presumption that nature was a source of goodness and the man's society a source of corruption.

realism had originated in france . it was a doctrine that called for reality and truth in the discription of ordinary life.

Free verse  A kind of poetry that lacks regular meter or pattern.Free verse is hymed or unrhymed poetry free from conventional rules of meter.