Empathic Imagery In Keats And Wordsworth

During the Romantic Movement in literature, numerous writers fed off one another’s ideas; thus, creating various patterns which reoccur throughout literary works. According to “The Literature Network,” John Keats is “usually regarded as the archetype of the Romantic writer.” Therefore, Keats himself is thought to be the original model for the writer during the Romantic Era. In his poem, “La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad,” Keats uses various archetypes which provide added meaning and depth to this work of literature.

The stanza of Wordsworth's poem, “And then my heart fills with pleasure, and dances with the daffodils.” compares with Muir’s paragraph, “It seems wonderful that so frail and lovely a plant has such power over human hearts.” that they especially, take a liking to flowers and find peace within them. The authors are troubled by either emotions or a force working against them. Wordsworth’s dreary poem, “I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud” evokes deep emotions and creates dreariness within a series of, dreaminess scenes as he wanders lonely, but seeing the daffodils reawakens a sense of nostalgia within him, While, Muir writes in his essay, “Calypso Borealis” of travelling and facing difficulties of being unable to travel across a swamp, but once he comes across the beautiful Calypso flower he can forgive the forces that were working against him. The “Calypso Borealis” and “I Wandered As Lonely As A Cloud” are both powerful pieces that encourage others to embrace what nature has to offer. “The waves beside them danced; but they, outdid the sparkling waves in glee: a poet could not be gay“ Wordsworth wrote in his poem that express surely, nobody that basked in the sun and witness the glory that withholds nature could stay

In his preface to Lyrical Ballads, he wrote that "all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (qtd in Greenblatt 13). Wordsworth believed that poets, especially, experience a deeper connection with their feelings through nature. His pastoral poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is about a man who is able to find happiness in watching a field of dancing daffodils. He wrote, "ten thousand [daffodils] saw I at a glance; / Tossing their heads in a sprightly dance" (Wordsworth 11-12). He uses personification to create a greater connection between nature and the

(“lonely rooms, and mid the din / Of towns and cities, I have owed to them / In hours of weariness, sensations sweet”). Once again repetition is used to firmly imprint the idea in our mind of how essential this memory has been to his happiness during testing times, “How oft, in spirit, have I turned to thee / … / How often has my spirit turned to thee”. The simplicity in which he aims to convey this idea relates back to his poetic purpose of recovering “the naked and native dignity of man” (Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, 1801), doing this required using “a selection of language really used by men” (Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, 1801). The use of repetition emphasises the point he is trying to convey, the audience is made focus on just how beneficial state of mind can be when we are in unpleasant circumstances. The first person narrative style places us in the shoes of Wordsworth, and we ponder the role positive thought has played in our own lives. With the poet himself, memories of nature sustained and restored him when weighed down by the burdens of the world, and we are compelled to question where he would be without

Despite the fact that Keats was such a great writer, he didn’t get recognized for being the profoundly brilliant writer he was until after his death from tuberculosis at the tender age of 26. Of his many writings, I appreciate his eloquent expression in his letters as well as his poetry. In a letter to his sweetheart to Fanny Brawne, dated March 1820; Keats wrote:

The Romantic era produced many literary figures. Within this era, people were going against the conversion of agriculture to industrial. The change in lifestyle was so drastic that people began to rebel through literature. John Keats is one of the poets in that era. He writes poetry that is focused around nature. He was one of the many that missed the simplicity of agriculture and found beauty in nature rather than industrial cities. Even though this single topic appears in all of his poems, it is written in a different tone that allows each poem to be seen as on its own. Keats’ passion flows through each line in a different way. Within the contrast and comparison of the following four poems, one can see how Keats’ emotions illustrate the topic of nature differently.

Five months before his first book, “Poems”, was published, Keats was introduced to one of Byron and Shelley’s friends, Hunt, who helped him advance in his writing. His first book was not received to well by the public, neither was the rest of his work. In his lifetime, Keats’ work copped more hate than any other poet of his time. But by the end of the 19th century he was one of the most beloved poets studied. Actually Meg, on his gravestone Keats wanted to write “Here lies one whose name was writ in water.” He knew he wasn’t appreciated in his time, and he would be washed away by those who read his name, yet he prophesised he would be appreciated in the years that followed.

With William Wordsworth and John Keats, they were two highly distinct poets that allow the audience to continue to explore and rebound back to Nature over and over. They illustrate in different manners how nature is so powerful due to the spirit of humankinds found in such Nature. They both “romanced” such a period that aided in the revival of humankind and how humans demonstrate nature and life itself.

Keats feels the irresistible urge to write this beauty down in “high-piléd books, in charactery,” (line 3), before he dies. The need to describe in words what one cannot hold on is clear, for in lines 12-14 it is written “then on the shore Of the wide world I stand alone, and think Till love and fame and nothingness do sink.”. Connect this to the other lines 1-12 in this poem, it is evident that unless he can write the magnificence of nature down before he dies, which may be anytime, love and fame in the world means nothing to him. The tone in the last 2-3 lines shifts compared to the other lines. It becomes uncommitted to matters, such as high aspirations. His relationship with his craft exists solely due to nature and its unchallenged beauty, and Keats’s craft’s purpose is to write on nature’s charm. It is a necessary link on the poet’s part.

Wordsworth and Keats have a lot in common when it came to construct their poems. They both wrote with their feelings, imagination and nature played a large role in poetry. In Keats letter, Authenticity of the Imagination it states, “I am certain of nothing but of nothing but of the holiness of the Heart’s affections and the truth of imagination--- What the imagination seizes as Beauty must be truth” (Keats 965). In that stanza, truth and holiness are to represent one’s heart

Evidence of Keats failure to replace the North Star so that he may idle eternally upon his lover’s breast appears in part from Wilde’s assertion that Keat’s corpse rests in Rome. For the purpose of comparing both poets’ conceptualizations of themes concerning immortality and the vastness of nature, one finds “The Grave of Keats” a satisfying expansion upon Keats’ philosophy. As Keats displays in “Bright Star” the virtue of steadfastness deserves praise among other human qualities. While he rejects Polaris’ isolation, the poet undoubtedly admires any individual or object that devotes constant attention to one task. Wilde draws upon this sentiment when after announcing Keats’ death the poet exclaims, “He rests at last beneath God’s veil of blue” (Wilde 2). Although

John Keats, author of many poems from the British Romantic Period, was best known for his five “great odes,” the most famous of which was “Ode to a Nightingale” (“Ode – Summary”). Literary critic Douglas Bush once said that if John Keats had not died at the young age of twenty-five, he would be more well-known than William Shakespeare and John Milton (“John Keats” 559). John Keats was a young poet whose poems mostly revolved around the mortal and immortal aspects of life. Keats had a lot of influences in his life that led him to write “Ode to a Nightingale.”

John Keats was known as the perfectionist of English Poetry. He was born in London on October 31, 1795. John Keats dedicated his short life to the flawlessness of verse checked by clear symbolism, incredible erotic offer and an endeavor to express a rationality through established legend.in 1818 he went on a mobile visit in the Lake District. He had a very painful childhood.His introduction and overexertion on that trek brought on the first side effects of the tuberculosis, which finished his life.Keats' involved mother nature straight into their poetry. This individual does not commonly talk about mother nature, however he makes use of it as a product to generate their poetry romantic and gentle.John Keats is a writer of 'energy

The natural scenery puts Wordsworth in a trance-like state. This memory ultimately leads him to “acts of kindness and of love” (35-36). Nature brings upon Wordsworth a ‘blessed mood’ in which he is in harmony with the world. It is nature that leads Wordsworth to deep meditation as it provides the tranquility and solitude for

John Keats, a second generation Romantic poet, is considered the perfect Romantic poet. His works have been read, appreciated and studied across the world, though this was not done during his lifetime. Only in the twentieth century did Keats’ get due credit and respect for the complexity of his odes, his pursuit of truth and beauty and dealing with human difficulty and suffering.