William Wordsworth: A Romantic Hypocrite Wordsworth in his “Prelude” has presented a timeless piece of art‚ transfixed for eternities to come. He has made his words immortal by his imagination that gives the truth‚ which according to Keats is beauty. He equates beauty and truth through his imagination. This ode is a purely aesthetic rendition to signify the supremacy and impermanence of art over nature. Through his imagination‚ he not only enlivens the urn but makes it immortal through his
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I’d like to analyze a poem that was written by a famous English poet William Wordsworth “Daffodils”. William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) was a Romantic poet and a major influence in bringing about the 18th centuries’ Romantic Age of Literature. An original poet for many different artistic qualities‚ his personality and emotional intelligence had made him the perfect forefather for a literary movement that would resound philosophically and poetically to this day. Romanticism‚ defined by it predisposition
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Response to ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ by William Wordsworth The speaker in this poem talks about a time when he meandered through the valleys and hills and stumbled across a crowd of daffodils in a field. He describes in detail the seemingly never-ending sight of the daffodils throughout the poem‚ and compares their beauty to that of the glistening lake‚ ultimately deciding that the daffodils win because they are more gleeful in appearance. The poem finishes with the poet describing what he
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[pic] “WILLIAM WORDSWORTH AS THE WORSHIPPER OF NATURE” INTRODUCTION There’s nothing quite like poetry for singing a paean to nature. Among the many celebrated nature poets‚ William Wordsworth is probably the most famous. What sets his work apart from others is that his poetry was‚ in fact‚ an act of nature-worship. Wordsworth perceived the presence of divinity and healing in nature‚ the presence of a higher spirit that he considered a `balm’ to weary souls. His poem‚ Tintern Abbey‚ depicts with
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Wordsworth theory of language of poetry and Coleridge’s criticism on it‚ is of great significance in the history of literary criticism. Wordsworth revolts against the poetic diction of eighteenth century. His theory has some merits and at the same time has certain demerits. Rejection of Poetic Diction and Background of his theory Wordsworth rejects poetic diction by saying‚ “avoid poetic diction”. He says that neither there is nor could be any difference in the language of prose and that of metrical
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nature-William Wordsworth. This concern is to appreciate the sublime beauty of nature as living personality‚ to search for the union between the mind and nature‚ and to acquire aspiring insights by embracing nature. In almost of his poems‚ Wordsworth described the pure beauty of nature through his gentle words and also conceived that nature as living personality. He believed that there is a divine spirit pervading all the objects of nature. This belief was expressed in “the daffodils”. Wordsworth sees a
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The modern “rational” world which Wordsworth came from was becoming increasingly polluted and destructive. It prohibited the imaginative escape of authors and so people like Wordsworth found solace and escape in what was left of nature and their own imaginative poems. Poems like “Strange Fits of Passion have I Known” and “the Solitary reaper” illustrate Wordsworth’s passion for the spiritual and the emotional freedom that nature and the mind offered. Wordsworth utilised traditional poetic techniques
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connection to life and awe with it’s beauty. What Wordsworth himself said about the Ode: Intimations of Immortality‚ offers many clues for understanding what he is dealing with. (The Norton Anthology‚ 6th Edition pg.1382) “Nothing was more difficult for me in childhood then to admit the notion of death as a state applicable to my own being. ...My difficulty came as from a sense of the indomitableness of the spirit within me.” With these words‚ Wordsworth speaks to the heart of the dilemma that this poem
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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.
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Before one can undertake a comparative study of these two poet’s philosophies‚ their background and sentiments must be panoramically surveyed. However‚ due to time constraints‚ I will focus on the little that time permits me to. Wordsworth writes in a subjective style. He examines his state of mind or consciousness before attempting to write a creative work. This is largely why he fell in love in nature and became a natureworshipper. He believes in a primodial relationship between the mind of man
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