models of the past; they prided themselves on their freedom from eighteenth-century poetic codes. In Germany‚ especially‚ the word was used in strong opposition to the term classical. The grouping together of the so-called Lake poets (Wordsworth‚ Coleridge‚ and Southey) with Scott‚ Byron‚ Keats‚ and Shelley as the romantic poets is late Victorian‚ apparently as late as the middle 1880s. And it should be noted that these poets did not recognize themselves as "romantic‚" although they were familiar with
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William Wordsworth’s Preface to Lyrical Ballads The late 18th century saw a fundamental change in the historically rigid structure of poetry‚ as witnessed by the collection of poems entitled Lyrical Ballads‚ penned by William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge. At first deemed an experiment‚ Lyrical Ballads garnered enough interest and favor to warrant Wordsworth’s “Preface to Lyrical Ballads” in 1802‚ as an introduction to the second edition of the collection. This revolutionary preface became a manifesto
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a direct connection to god. Through appreciation for nature‚ one could achieve spiritual fulfillment. The contrary‚ failure to surrender to natural law‚ results in punishment at the hands of nature. Mary Shelley‚ as well as her contemporary‚ Samuel Coleridge‚ depicts the antagonistic powers of nature against those who dare to provoke it. Victor Frankenstein offends nature in several ways. The first and foremost insult is his attempt to gain knowledge forbidden to humanity. Then‚ he uses this knowledge
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poetry of Wordsworth is best characterised by its strong affinity with natureand in particular the Lake District where he lived. The early nineteenth century was a time of rapid change and industrialisation‚ but like his contemporaries‚ Blakeand Coleridge‚ Wordsworth was often dismayed by what he saw and he sought solace in the grandeur and beauty of nature. Wordsworth offered not just a beautiful picture of nature but also illustrated the healing power of natureon the spirit of man. William
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Q. What are the thoughts that rise in the mind of Coleridge as he muses beside a fire on a frosty night in the poem ‘Frost at Midnight’? What is the future envisaged by the poet for his son? In this poem‚ ‘Frost at Midnight’‚ the poet expresses his fear in solitude for his baby‚ sitting beside a fire. ‚ “Frost at Midnight” relies on a highly personal idiom whereby the reader follows the natural progression of the speaker’s mind as he sits up late one winter night thinking. His idle observation
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Gerardo Tous Leon October 11‚ 2012 CES 10-B #24 Prof. Santiago English Rime of the Ancient Mariner/ Frankenstein: The poem starts
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Wordsworth himself in his own words‚ on his role‚ what it meant for him‚ and about the poetry; which called "the most philosophical of all writing" whose objective is to establish “truth...carried alive into the heart by passion". Wordsworth and Coleridge had jointly produced Lyrical Ballads(1798)‚ which have created revolutionary impact on the English Romantic movement. However in that particular volume‚ both are not mentioned as author. Wordsworth ’s one of the most popular poems was‚
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which Samuel Coleridge’s “Dejection: an Ode‚” is a poem describing a man’s torment as he attempts to overcome his dispirited state as a result of the loss of a romantic relationship. The poem highlights the importance of creativity within humanity through the persona’s struggle to maintain joyous after the loss of such ability‚ presenting the fact that without creativity‚ we would become susceptible to the negative aspects of the world. Beginning the poem using pathetic fallacy‚ Coleridge relates
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will reveal that the Ancient Mariner-who is at once himself‚ Coleridge and all humanity-having sinned‚ both incurs punishment and seeks redemption; or‚ in other words‚ becomes anxiously aware of his relation to the God of Law (as symbolized by the Sun)‚ and in his sub-consciousness earnestly entreats the forgiveness of the God of Love (represented by the Moon-symbol). ... For Professor Lowes‚ while he has disclosed a Coleridge of amazing intellectual grasp ... stops short on the border line
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Romanticism Style in “La Belle Dame sans Merci” The Romantic period in Literature is believed to have begun in 1798 when Samuel Coleridge and William Wordsworth published a book of poems called “Lyrical Ballads”. Romantic writers “emphasized imagination and emotion” (Romanticism 457). Romantic writers use medieval subjects and settings in their writings. “The love theme explores dreams of heterosexual bliss‚ but it also moves into the appropriate relationships to be had with art and nature” (Matlak
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