Feminine Sensibility (Melancholy)

• McGann and Brown: "the romantic lyric is not just a poem but also a performance; both a textual object and a social event."
• The Letter Form: released from the social expectation of emotional suppression --> honest insight to mind (Persuasion + MW)
• "For all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth, Preface to Lyrical Ballads)