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 ...
In comparing Romantic writers such as William Blake, Robert Burns, and William Wordsworth, one realizes that, while Nature is a common element found in all three of these writers’ works, it is represented in quite different ways. This article will summarize how these writers choose to display to the reading audience grandeur of Nature and ...
The use of time and memory within poetry are two of the most constant themes in the works of the Romantic poets. Two of these poets, John Keats and William Wordsworth, employ these themes in some of their most prominent poetic works. In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats describes pastoral imagery that is painted ...
For those in the 18th century who read poetry, there existed an idea called The Sublime, which had to deal with the feeling(s) a reader, or often someone in person, got when experiencing the natural world. There were two parts to this philosophy: the Dynamic, and the Mathematical. The Dynamic, for example, was “felt” upon ...
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 ...
Though William Wordsworth bristled at the thought of being lumped in with many of his contemporary Romantic poets, he, along with William Blake, did share the belief that the Imagination, or as Blake understood it as spiritual revelation, informed and gave breadth to poetry. Both poets saw a redemptive power in the Imagination and this ...
In the modern romantic age literature moves toward an exploration of feelings. Ancient and Classical texts tended to focus on the questions of why are we? Medieval texts tended to explore where will we end up? In the Renaissance and Early Modern times texts moved to questions of the individual, how they think, and how ...
Tintern, Jewel of the Wye Valley. Nestled within a lush Welsh valley amidst the riparian meadow near the River Wye, rest the ruins of Tintern Abbey. Located in Monmouthshire, Wales, Tintern’s ethereal beauty captivates the imagination. I once had the privilege of visiting the Cisterian ruins, and fully understand why this sacred site was a ...