Victorian vs Romantic
Victorian VS Romantic
In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the works of William Wordsworth from the Romantic Age and Alfred, Lord Tennyson from the Victorian Age. The Romantic Age (1785-1830) was a very important time, during this time England experienced change from a primarily agricultural society to a modern industrial nation. The French revolution and the storming of the Bastille had a great influence on the English society and Literature. It influenced almost everything in life. The Victorian Age (1830-1901) was a time of great progress and prosperity for the nation. This was a time in which industry, technology, and science were celebrated. Because of the fast extension of colonialism England became a very powerful empire and center of world power. The Romantic Age in British Literature was a time of native-inspired poetry, political questioning and individualism. This time period has six different characteristics iconoclasm, nature, ordinary extraordinary, rule of emotions, simple language, and the supernatural. It was also the shortest of the ages and singles out five different poets one of which being William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth was born in West Cumberland in a scenic Lake District. In his poem Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbney Wordsworth is reflecting on what nature means to him five years ago and now and he is also reflecting on his childhood memories. Wordsworth begins his poem by telling us that it has been five years since he has been to this place a few miles from the abbey. He describes the "Steep and lofty cliffs," the "wild secluded scene," the "quiet of the sky," the "dark sycamore" he sits under, the trees of the orchard, and the "pastoral farms" with "wreaths of smoke" billowing from their chimneys. These lines are describing how important nature is to him at that point in time. In the second stanza Wordsworth tells us that his first visit to this place gave him "sensations sweet" when he was in
In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the works of William Wordsworth from the Romantic Age and Alfred, Lord Tennyson from the Victorian Age. The Romantic Age (1785-1830) was a very important time, during this time England experienced change from a primarily agricultural society to a modern industrial nation. The French revolution and the storming of the Bastille had a great influence on the English society and Literature. It influenced almost everything in life. The Victorian Age (1830-1901) was a time of great progress and prosperity for the nation. This was a time in which industry, technology, and science were celebrated. Because of the fast extension of colonialism England became a very powerful empire and center of world power. The Romantic Age in British Literature was a time of native-inspired poetry, political questioning and individualism. This time period has six different characteristics iconoclasm, nature, ordinary extraordinary, rule of emotions, simple language, and the supernatural. It was also the shortest of the ages and singles out five different poets one of which being William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth was born in West Cumberland in a scenic Lake District. In his poem Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbney Wordsworth is reflecting on what nature means to him five years ago and now and he is also reflecting on his childhood memories. Wordsworth begins his poem by telling us that it has been five years since he has been to this place a few miles from the abbey. He describes the "Steep and lofty cliffs," the "wild secluded scene," the "quiet of the sky," the "dark sycamore" he sits under, the trees of the orchard, and the "pastoral farms" with "wreaths of smoke" billowing from their chimneys. These lines are describing how important nature is to him at that point in time. In the second stanza Wordsworth tells us that his first visit to this place gave him "sensations sweet" when he was in