William Wordsworth: As the Poet of Man “There have been greater poets than Wordsworth but none more original”‚ says A. C. Bradley. Wordsworth’s chief originality is‚ of course‚ to be sought in his poetry of Nature. It must not be supposed‚ however‚ that Wordsworth was interested only in Nature and not in man at all. Man‚ in Wordsworth’s conception‚ is not to be seen apart from Nature‚ but is the very “life of her life”. Indeed‚ Wordsworth’s love of Nature led him to the love of man. Scarcely a
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When the Gothic novel was created‚ it was during a time of most spontaneousness‚ innovation‚ and a lot more freedom of expression. Mary Shelley‚ a Gothic and Romantic author‚ was not like the average woman‚ who was raised feminist‚ and surprisingly independent‚ much different from the women of her time period even at such a young age (“Buzwell‚ Greg.”). Her unique life up to the summer of 1816‚ when she was still only 18 years old‚ along with the company in which she found herself in June of that
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William Wordsworth poem‚ Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey July 13‚ 1798‚ is about a man returning‚ after fives years‚ to the beautiful scenery near the ruins of Tintern Abbey in Wales. He recalls how he once had such innocent views of nature when he was younger and how now that he had grown he ’d lost such sight. Near the end of the poem the speaker mentions his sister‚ Dorothy‚ only to make himself appear to be this wise man who takes his sister under his wings. He ensures her that
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Report to Wordsworth‚ a poem by Boey Kim Cheng‚ is one that speaks of the path of destruction through nature that man is leaving behind him. I personally find the poem powerful and extremely convincing‚ in the sense that it manages to challenge the reader very objectively. ‘You should be here‚ Nature has need of you’ involves the reader directly‚ and the use of a Capital letter personifies nature in such a way it makes one feel her pain. The following lines are significantly symbolic‚ as the words
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March 3‚ 2013 Summary/ Response Journal Entry 07 In comparing Samuel Taylor Coleridge‚ Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats I am privy to their very different worlds yet uniquely resembling epitomes in their writing(s). Coleridge‚ intellectually brilliant and highly learned‚ was a child prodigy. He was reading by the age of 3 and earned recognition for his writings in college (360) Shelley came from a wealthy aristocratic family English family.(395) He too gained recognition for his writings
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female characters. The works of William Wordsworth sets a same set of characteristics of girls throughout his poems. Dickens has a more realistic view of women and girls whereas Wordsworth has a slightly more idealistic view of them. Though the works of these two writers are different in terms of individual characteristics‚ both writings reflect the attitudes of the people during a certain time period; Dickens reflects attitudes of the Victorian Era and Wordsworth reflects attitudes of the Romantic Era
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choose it from the poetry of Wordsworth. In my simple reading here I hope to present a comprehensive appreciation to this glorious piece of harmony with nature. I chose such poem because I think that it stands for a craftsmanship of a poet when he delineates perfectly his experience in a very well-created versicular language. The peace of mind and the sense of tranquility which man always seeks in life reside in the identification with nature‚ the picture which Wordsworth introspectively presented
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Fardad Hajirostami Guilty Conscience In his poem‚ “The Prelude”‚ William Wordsworth relives a childhood epiphany that alters his perception of nature. Wordsworth describes this experience of his through his voyage in a boat which later dramatically turns into a nightmarish journey. Through use of suspenseful diction‚ dramatic personification‚ and descriptive syntax‚ Wordsworth vividly illustrates his perception of nature and how he views it with certain trepidation after he encounters a “towering”
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NUTTING by Willam Wordsworth In many ways the presentation of nature in the poem Nutting seems very different to the way Wordsworth portrays. it in his other poems.It is of course a so called ’Poem of Becoming’ focusing primarily on the poet himself‚ looking at how Wordsworth’s experiences of nature and the external world help him to explore his own mind‚ physically looking outwards but by doing so being introspective in learning about himself. A key element to the poems of becoming is present
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Writing in Dejection Author of the poem “Stanzas‚ Written in Dejection‚ near Naples”‚ Percy Bysshe Shelley remains as one of the most influential poets today. A man on the Romantic Era‚ Shelley’s reflective poetry earns him the title of the imaginative radical during that time‚ centering his poetry on restrictions in society and humanity’s place in the universe. (Abrams 428) In his lifetime‚ Shelley and his poetry exemplified intelligence‚ logical thinking‚ earnestness‚ and curiosity‚ all qualities
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