The works of William Wordsworth are as ground-breaking and daring as they are numerous. Through his own unique perception of Nature, creation, and the relationship of the self to these ideas, Wordsworth carries the implications of Romantic Nature poetry above and beyond those of all other poets of his ilk; he goes so far as ...
When it comes to readings for your wedding, most people turn to traditional sources. And while there’s nothing wrong with Shakespeare or Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “Sonnets From The Portuguese,” there are other poets worth looking into. Eliza Acton Victorian Eliza Acton has fallen into obscurity, and not just as a poet: she was once the ...
William Wordsworth is regarded as one of the founders of Romantic poetry, and was a major influence in the movement known as Romanticism. His poems were written for common people, about common people, and normally relating to nature. Two of his most famous poems, “Michael: A Pastoral Poem,” which was the final poem in the ...
The Romantic movement of poets and artists in the nineteenth century marked a shift from the earlier thinking of the Enlightenment. Enlightenment thinkers saw nature as a representation of scientific principals, or an orderly representation of the universe. By contrast, Romantic artists viewed nature as the representation of God in the natural universe, the source ...
Edgar Allan Poe was the master of horror and suspense. As a fan of modern to ancient poetry, I’ve read a lot poems and yet I still go back to Poe. I remember reading him as a nine year old kid and his poems were so imaginative and dark. So my favorite poem is one ...