*Pre-romantic Romanticism: Imaginative * Write the short note on the chief characteristics of pre-romantic poetry? 1- Return to Nature: Areal feeling for the world of leaves and flowers‚ this feeling of nature chon as early as Thomson’s seasons (1730)‚ is grow stronger and rich culmination in the poetry of word south poet growth turned away from the "town" and took more and more interest in country life. The works of poet like Thomas Gray‚ William Cowper‚ Robert Burns‚ George Crabbe‚ showed a
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1804 by Wordsworth‚ takes the Cumbrian landscape as its setting. Wordsworth lived in the Lakes District in the North of England and grew up surrounded by nature. Nature has a profound impact on Wordsworth who came to see nature as a potent force. As a Romantic poet however‚ Wordsworth was principally concerned with human emotion. In this poem nature is the catalyst for a positive emotional experience. One reading which is certainly relevant to “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” is a Romantic reading
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Before reading the poem‚ based on the title‚ “Love Poem with Toast‚” Miller Williams‚ the author‚ utilized this poem to express his emotions to his lover during breakfast. The unnamed speaker in the poem internally expresses his love to his lover. The speaker mentions that the bond that they share is the reason the world rotates. The love they share puts everything into place in their relationship. For example‚ the speaker utilizes catalogue to show the everyday things such as: “we do to make things
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In William Stafford’s poem‚ “Fifteen”‚ the theme of the poem is about a boy who did the right thing rather than what he wanted to do. The poem takes place in Hutchinson‚ Kansas on the outskirts of the city which is very rural. The overview of the poem is about a 15 year old boy who finds a motorcycle with the engine on by itself. The boy wanted to take it and “find the end of a road‚ meet the sky on out Seventeenth”(11-12). But instead‚ he did the right thing and returned the motorcycle to its owner
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William Blake’s (1757-1827) "London" written in 1792 is a devastating portrait of a society in which all souls and bodies were trapped‚ exploited and infected.The poem is a devastating and concise political analysis‚ delivered with passionate anger‚ revealing the complex connections between patterns of ownership and the ruling ideology‚ the way all human relations are inescapably bound together within a single destructive society. William Wordsworth’s (1770-1850) sonnet "Composed upon Westminster
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In c. 1200‚ in Northern England was Fountains Abbey. Founded in 1132 by 13 Benedictine monks‚ a group of men who desired the balance between work and prayer. During this time at the Fountain Abbey‚ a choice of being a choir monk‚ whose job consisted of praying numerous amounts and living in silence‚ or being a lay brother who kept up with the day-to-day running of the Abbey was able to be made. A relatively new choir monk‚ Brother Matthew‚ headed to the monk’s refectory. On his walk‚ he wondered
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Williams Carlos William’s poem “This Is Just to Say” seems like a simple poem at first glance. After reading the poem‚ I had discerned it was an imagery poem. As I tried to interpret the poem‚ several thoughts had wondered through my mind. At first‚ I was imagining it was a secret message for a lover. Secondly‚ I thought it was a note left for a wife. Thirdly‚ I envisioned that it was a representation of Adam and Eve. At last‚ I felt it represented a confession to God. The simplicity of this poem
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The poem I am choosing to examine is T.S‚ Eliot ’s The Waste Land emerging from the Modernist poetic movement. The modern movement occurred after World War one (1914-1918). This war marked momentous changes on a global scale. Before 1914‚ English literature and it ’s ideas were in many ways still harking back to the nineteenth century: after 1918 Modern begins to define the twentieth century. Among the influences of Modernism were the rapid developments both socially and technologically. Also new
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Downton Abbey: Series 2 Episode 1 Downton Abbey is a British period drama set in the late 1910s and early 1920s. It tells the story of the aristocratic Crawley family and the people who serve them in their palatial country estate and how the events that occurred throughout history affect their lives. A trademark of the series has always been its’ relatively sympathetic view of aristocratic and wealthy families and the class system during 20th century. The first episode in the second season
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A Comparison of Blake‚ Wordsworth and Keats William Blake‚ John Keats and William Wordsworth all believe in the "depth" of the world and the possibilities of the human heart. However‚ each poet looks towards different periods in time to capture meaning in life. Blake looks towards the future for his inspiration‚ Keats towards the present and Wordsworth towards the past. Regardless of where each poet looks for their inspiration they are all looking for the same thing; timeless innocence. Each poet
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