Comparing Yusef And William Wordsworth

In conclusion, both John Muir's and William Wordsworth's stories depict nature in different ways, but it's their shared love for writing and appreciation for nature that makes them one and the same with each

While both poets Muir and Wordsworth wrote about the happy feelings that they have towards nature the beautiful outdoors or what some people may say Mother Nature, some of which the feelings are the same and some that are different as they speak of the different plants.

In Neon Vernacular, Yusef Komunyakaa brought to the forefront the struggles of African American soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. They fought for the freedom of the very ones that denied them their freedom to be equal and the same as their white counterparts. The collection of poems delves into the everyday matters that were a constant reminder for the African American soldiers that they were free to fight, but not free to be as the white soldiers. An analysis of Komunyakaa’s work opens the eyes of those who felt that the Vietnam War zone was an equal opportunity for all those who fought for America. In addition, the realities of racism that existed in the Vietnam War are highlighted.

John Muir and William Wordsworth are great examples of this theory. Throughout their stories, both men give great insight to how the harmony of nature impacts their lives in a way that can make them forget about all the sorrow and depression they have following behind them; Wordsworth and Muir’s stories include syntax and diction to verbalize their passionate relationship towards nature. William Wordsworth’s poem, “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” excellently shows how the power of beauty can changes one's once depressed, sad day into joy and blissfulness. In Wordsworth's story, he exploits his experience of how nature changed his mood of depression and sorrow to grateful and glee when he stumbles across a bed of beautiful golden daffodils dancing in the breeze. Wordsworth writes: “A poet could not be but gay, in such a jocund company” (stanza 3). In this passage, Wordsworth shows his change of heart when in the presence of something so beautiful and alluring. Wordsworth also shows how nature impacts his mood from the quote: “They flash upon the inward eye, and my heart with pleasure fills” (stanza 4). In this final quote, Wordsworth explains that even when he is apart from the beautiful golden daffodils, it is the memory that keeps his spirits alive. While Wordsworth's experience with nature

Thousands of flowers swaying in the wind, lined up like stars in the night sky. Just the thought of nature brings a smile to my face. The two authors, John Muir and William Wordsworth have two different styles of writing, but they share their love of nature to help us appreciate nature. We have two beautiful writings, written by two naturalistic authors, Williams Wordsworth and John Muir. Both authors have different ways of explaining what nature means to them, but at the end of the day both pieces of work are beautifully and creatively written. Wordsworth and Muir express their meaningful relationship with nature using descriptive words and witty writing.

Two literary works best conveyed nature in their own manner, one called "The Calypso Borealis," an essay written by John Miller called and a poem written by William Wordsworth's called "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud." Both author created work that captures the beauty of nature, while displaying their compassion and emotion for such beauty. They each capture the essence in their own way, one through a poem while the other through an essay , each using a their own descriptive imagery to cultivate the scenery and amazement of the experience. William Wordsworth and John Miller not only through the diction , vocabulary, and syntax, but also through the impact of tone, and mood, and while both authors express their relationship in different ways there

In concord to this, the Norton Anthology of English Literature characterises this poem as an inauguration of “[Wordsworth's] “myth of nature”: his presentation of the “growth” of his mind to maturity, a process unfolding through the interaction between the inner world of the mind and the shaping force of external nature” (Willliam Wordsworth 1770-1850, 271).” It is no wonder John Keats describes Wordsworth's poetry as “excessively self-centred” (“Egotistical Sublime”), thereby strengthening the argument of Wordsworth's focus on the individual.

Yusef Komunyakaa, born in 1947, wrote both February in Sydney and Facing it. These poems were written as a way of “talking around an idea or question,” this idea/ question being that of growing up during the civil rights movement. His poetical technique makes his opinions stand out, being affluencial because although poems contain less words they often have a more powerful appeal. Komunyakaa was especially influenced by jazz and the time that he served in the Vietnam War. He creates his poem February In Sydney to mimic that freedom that he felt through jazz similar to that of meditation. In Facing it he bases the poem on flashbacks of the war while visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Growing up surrounded by this political turmoil, some people may believe Komunyakaa’s later writing would embody the anger Black Arts Movement. This is not the case. Komunyakaa’s poetry instead embodies the Contemporary Era (1975-present) of writing that followed. He expresses a desire to grow beyond the anger of past discrimination, to acknowledge it, cope with it, and then move on. He recognized his black culture in his life through the changing of his name from James William Brown to Yusef Komunyakaa (Blumberg). He likewise responds to his black roots in his poetry through brief discussions of race and the coping mechanism of jazz and blues music. However, he also tackles other issues, such as his time in the Vietnam War and his own personal survival guilt, both of which have

The second and final work I am critiquing is from a book entitled, ‘The Life of William Wordsworth: A Critical Biography’ written by John Worthen. I have selected a chapter which pairs nicely with article mentioned above. The chapter features both Wordsworth and Coleridge as well. However, it is not as critical as the article, it is more biographical and informational which is to be expected in a biography. The chapter focuses on the years 1806 to 1807. It begins with the mention of the death of Wordsworth’s brother, John. According to Worthen, this deeply effected Wordsworth and he had little success with the poetry he was writing during this time. Worthen then, points to ‘Elegiac Stanzas’ which confronts his late brother’s death, displays a new sense of reality, and again redeems him as a poet. Worthen states, “The poem makes the narrator 's youthful state of ecstatic, thoughtless love for the natural world — ‘of lasting ease, / Elysian quiet, without toil or strife’ — utterly unreal, in contrast with the realities of life as he now knows them. A ‘fond delusion of my heart’ he calls that old love, ‘to be pitied’ not believed in” (328). The author implies that the death of his brother drastically changed his worldview. The bleak reality of a world without his brother led to Wordsworth becoming more mature and wise after experiencing loss. The author then shifts to discussing ‘Tintern Abbey’ and his reflections during a time of youth. I believe that the author mentions the

It is also clear that the human heart and mind is deeply touched in the form of spirituality and joy by the beauty of nature. Finally, it is evident that by use of language devices, that writings regarding the natural world truly can fill the reader with a sense of the beauty, and awe of the natural world. Therefore, while both of these writers have deep relationships with nature, Wordsworth has expressed his relationship with nature as being that of a source of happiness using poetic syntax and tones of admiration, while

My poem is stylistically closer to William Carlos Williams than Ezra Pound. Pound seems to reach deep for his subject matter, looking outward while William Carlos Williams seems to delve more deeply into emotions for his subject matter. My poem is just feeling that spilled out of my person through my fingertips. Ezra Pound’s work that we have discussed and/or read is more complex and seems to evolve from a completely different place that Mr. Williams’ work.

Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads were published in 1789, with no preface as an “advertisement.” Another Lyrical Ballads, this time with two volumes, a preface, and no poetic diction, was published in 1800. In 1802, another Lyrical Ballads was published with two volumes and a preface. Wordsworth’s Elegiac Stanzas are an internalization of epic. Nature, memory and imagination all play a huge role in the poem, as does imagination’s relationship with knowledge. Wordsworth talks about imagination as an absolute ideal, although that is dangerous because it divorces us from the rest of the world.

Blake and Koyczan convey moving and emotional poems using mainly similar techniques such as imagery, theme and structure.

Imagery has been one of the most pivotal movements in the cultural and intellectual history of English Literature. The comparison is not only among the works of their own rather it also includes the differences and traces of similarity with the works of others writers of different ages. The analysis is done by reading the actual text and interpreting the meaning by understanding the deep phrases hidden in the poetry. Different critics showed different aspects by their research. Some found out merits and some found out demerits in the works of Wordsworth and Coleridge. The merits includes uniqueness, healing power of poetry, and interpretation of their imagination for things whereas the demerits include slack of humour, lack of range and lyricism in their poetry. On a whole Wordsworth and Coleridge works have gained lot of interest and tempted many critics to write on their methods and strategies which they adopted in their work.