Comparison of Language Diction Each generation uses language of the period. The languages of the Victorian and Romantic period were more formal than that of modernism and post-modernism. Unsavory language was not typically used, although Emily Bronte did include curse words and foul language in her novel. In that period such scandalous language would have made a strong impression, which was most likely Bronte’s intention. In the 20th and 21st century such language is more widely accepted. Carson’s use of foul language in “The Glass Essay” does not have the shock value that would have been the reaction of poetry in the past.
