Comparison of Daffodils and the Prelude by Wordsworth
Comparison of Daffodils and The Prelude by Wordsworth To Ode to the West Wind by Shelly.
'Romanticism as a literary movement lasted from about 1789 to 1832 and marked a time when rigid ideas about the structure and purpose of society and the universe were breaking down. During this period, emphasis shifted to the importance of the individual's experience in the world and his interpretation of that experience, rather than interpretations handed down by the church or tradition.
Romantic literature is characterized by several features. It emphasized the dream, or inner, world of the individual. The use of imagery was prevalent. There was a growing suspicion of the established church, and a turn toward pantheism Romantic literature emphasized the individual self and the value of the individual's experience. The concept of "the sublime” was introduced. Feeling and emotion were viewed as superior to logic and analysis. All the Romantics were idealist and had yearning for liberty .For the romantics; poetry was believed to be the highest form of literature. This period saw the flowering of some of the greatest poets in English Language, including William Blake, Samuel Taylor, Coleridge, Percy Byssi Shelly and William Wordsworth.
William Wordsworth and Shelly are most often described as a "nature" writer. What the word "nature" meant to Wordsworth is, however, a complex issue. On the one hand, Wordsworth was the quintessential poet as naturalist, always paying close attention to details of the physical environment around him (plants, animals, geography, and weather). At the same time, Wordsworth was a self-consciously literary artist. This tension between objective describer of the natural scene and subjective shaper of sensory experience is partly the result of Wordsworth's view of the mind as "creator and receiver both." Wordsworth consistently describes his own mind as the recipient of external sensations which are then rendered into its own mental
'Romanticism as a literary movement lasted from about 1789 to 1832 and marked a time when rigid ideas about the structure and purpose of society and the universe were breaking down. During this period, emphasis shifted to the importance of the individual's experience in the world and his interpretation of that experience, rather than interpretations handed down by the church or tradition.
Romantic literature is characterized by several features. It emphasized the dream, or inner, world of the individual. The use of imagery was prevalent. There was a growing suspicion of the established church, and a turn toward pantheism Romantic literature emphasized the individual self and the value of the individual's experience. The concept of "the sublime” was introduced. Feeling and emotion were viewed as superior to logic and analysis. All the Romantics were idealist and had yearning for liberty .For the romantics; poetry was believed to be the highest form of literature. This period saw the flowering of some of the greatest poets in English Language, including William Blake, Samuel Taylor, Coleridge, Percy Byssi Shelly and William Wordsworth.
William Wordsworth and Shelly are most often described as a "nature" writer. What the word "nature" meant to Wordsworth is, however, a complex issue. On the one hand, Wordsworth was the quintessential poet as naturalist, always paying close attention to details of the physical environment around him (plants, animals, geography, and weather). At the same time, Wordsworth was a self-consciously literary artist. This tension between objective describer of the natural scene and subjective shaper of sensory experience is partly the result of Wordsworth's view of the mind as "creator and receiver both." Wordsworth consistently describes his own mind as the recipient of external sensations which are then rendered into its own mental