Victorian era characteristics

Victorian era poetry is very interesting to me because of the characteristics they introduced into their style of poetry. One big characteristic about Victorian era poetry was the use of religion and the importance of the spiritual world in their writing, some what influenced by the romantic period. Not exactly believing in one almighty being, but religion simulating a personal relationship expressed through poetry. Another characteristic about this period, was that their intention was not so much on imagery, but rather they focused on using rhythm and rhyme as an element inside their work.
The idea of despair was also a common theme in the Victorian writing. Often these poets would use isolation, hopelessness, and depression as points of interest when trying to write, which is quite interesting, and I'm not sure why this was so common.