The Romantic Period Of William Wordsworth

Throughout “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” William Wordsworth shows his relationship with nature through his choice of diction, fantastic descriptions, and shifting mood of his poem. There are also many words and phrases that Wordsworth included into his poem that shows how he feels about nature. These phrases are well written, extremely descriptive, and show how Wordsworth is influenced by the wild: “I wandered lonely as a cloud”, “When all at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils", “Continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way, they stretched in never-ending line along the margin of a bay: ten thousand saw I at a glance, tossing their heads in sprightly dance”, “The waves beside them danced; but they out-did the sparkling waves in glee”, “I gazed—and gazed—but little thought what wealth the show to me had brought”, and “For oft, when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood, they flash upon that inward eye [...] and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils.” Another phrase, which indicates that the flowers were so beautiful that no true poet could be sad in their presence, also builds upon Wordsworth’s relationship with nature. These particular lines in “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” show how Wordsworth’s mood shifts from somber and lonely to joyous and content. The lines also show how the gorgeousness of nature sticks with

Coleridge sees the effect the writings of the Romantic Era has on those who are not writers which make the assistance of memory and dreams in the writings much more significant. Along with Coleridge’s significance to the Romantic Era, William Wordsworth also contributed to the movement of memory and dreams in the writings of the Romantic Era.

In the poem Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour William Wordsworth seems to be drunken from nostalgia as he revisits his not entirely distant past. “His passion for the landscape is physical, taken in through his eyes, unmediated by more abstract (or spiritual) thought (Pearson n.p)”. As he stands over the lush farmland, not yet ripe, he describes a familiar but missed beauty before he begins to remember his youthful state, compared to his modern and matured outlook on nature, and even begins to allow his mind to wonder onto how his young sister shall view the land. Wordsworth does here what most people will do,

In "Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey", Wordsworth uses imagination to help him and others to live in the physical world peacefully. He recalls playing in Tintern Abbey, a forest nearby there and played in it when he was young. Now he comes back for different reasons. He escapes the world which is individualism and goes to the forest to get away from all the burden. He tells his young sister that she can always come here to get away from her problems as well. In the poem, Wordsworth uses nature to solve problems in life.

The Romantic period, a time that writers such as Wordsworth and Shelley focused their writing in the centre of life and social importance. An important aspect of 'Romanticism: its emphasis upon the power and terrors of the inner imaginative life ' (Watson, 2012, p. 1). The Prelude celebrates Wordsworth 's life retained through memories and with the act of remembering, depicting emotions and experiences. Whereas, Shelley and the 'Ode to the West Wind ' engaged his audience with inner and outer lives situations, ideas and elements of nature that represent his own position and ideas. This essay will compare and contrast Wordsworth recollections and Shelley dramatizations of the 'powers and terrors of the inner imaginative life '. Also considering, rhyme scheme, stanza forms, the reasons for the use of assonance and alliteration, and other poetic techniques. Finally, how do these effects relate to the main question.

William Wordsworth conveys an unique joy through verse. It is a delight which includes information and good truths, which would illuminate and lift up the peruser's sentiments. Verse ought to try to bring about a significant improvement, smarter and more content. The capacity of verse is to spread the message of co-relationship and affection. Wordsworth is exceptionally viewed as a writer of Nature. Nature is a wellspring of knowledge and he is an extraordinary supporter of this hypothesis. For him a child living in the lap of Nature will become in good stature. Wordsworth is the consecrated cleric of Nature and the verse of Nature thinks that its most grand representation in his work. It was left to Wordsworth to uncover the inward soul of

William Wordsworth’s “Tintern Abbey” explores the relationship of the narrator (presumably Wordsworth) with the unchanging, pastoral landscape of Tintern Abbey, as well as that with his sister. Wordsworth uses diction to show that during his youthful days, he fervently enjoyed this natural scene with a childlike innocence, but now older, he struggles to see the same scene in the same light and instead, with effort, views the landscape in a more emotional, chastening, and sad manner. Although not mentioned until the end, his sister is the object of the poem and the true source of his happiness. Through setting and diction, Wordsworth argues that the nature of the human mind turns the pure joys of childhood bliss into melancholy reflections

How does William Wordsworth's poetry fit into the literary tradition of Romanticism? Q. How does William Wordsworth's poetry fit into the literary tradition of Romanticism? A. Romantic poetry was an artistic movement of the late 18th and early 19th century. It dealt with nature, human imagination, childhood and the ability to recall emotional memories of both happiness and sadness.

Lines 79-84 represent loss and decay and are another set of themes in this poem. These lines show that his poem itself is a memory; memories can never contain the original content of an experience as it did the first time. Wordsworth's intense emotional pain is displayed throughout these lines. A particular line is: "That time is past/And all its aching joys are no more". The poet clearly tells his reader's that he is extremely upset at the fact that he no longer feels that joys he has felt before, and even though he hears in nature the still, sad music of humanity, he still prefers memory and the sense of nature over intellect and actuality. Wordsworth senses his mortality and realizes that nature ("their colours and their forms...") can not renew his pleasant spirits as much as he wants them to. "Tintern Abbey" also presents the poet to an exploration of identity and self understanding; Wordsworth is in conflict with the natural landscape that is painted in front of him and his mental landscape, two major different forces, and he is trying to find an equal path to both forces so that he can find his self or his destiny. Another explanation of these lines could be that Wordsworth comprehends the way nature functions --the death and renewal of all things– and that nature will one day also play a part on him. He is accepting that one day that, like his memories, he will fade and pass

“Tintern Abbey” is told from the narrator’s point of view as Wordsworth. In it, he observes the picturesque beauty of nature contrasted with man-made structures like overgrown fields and a dilapidated church. He expresses his feelings of how such a sight, “In hours of weariness,

In the document entitled “Preface to Lyrical Ballads (1800)”, William Wordsworth a poet from the turn of the seventeenth century discusses his poems and the life of a poet. Wordsworth is a poet who grew up around the time of the French Revolution and was one of the leaders of a new path in English poetry. The document is taken from the preface of a collection of poems written by Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, another poet of the day. Wordsworth was an Englishmen, and traveled to France inbetween1790 and 179, when the world seemed to be everchanging and moving forward at an unstoppable pace.

The Romantic period was primarily an intellectual movement filled with and moved by art, and literature. The era is seen by many as an outbreak or revolt against the “norms,” not only that but many see the movement as one of the main reactions to the rationalization of both science and nature as well, the era that some would refer to as the Enlightenment. When thought of or talked about today Romanticism is more commonly associated with liberalism and radicalism. The movement was based on the idea that intense emotion could actually be used as an actual and valid source, it also confronted the sublimity of nature and many, if not all, of its picturesque qualities. This period was home to many great writers, writers such as Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Mary Shelley. One can imagine that among the many topics that preoccupied the many different works and ideas of these Romantic poets and writers was the Romantic conception of sublime, or idea of being able to connect to one’s own experiences of awe and other emotions like those of terror or even danger. The writers and poets of the Romantic era would no doubt have been familiar with this concept. In fact, this the Romantic conception of sublime shows up repeatedly throughout Mary Shelley’s work, Frankenstein. Shelley is able to bring the idea of sublimity into her text by not only using her imagination, and the thoughts and ideas of her colleagues and fellow writers, but also by

From the very start of the poem, one can already see Wordsworth’s accentuation of the beauty of nature. He beautifully describes the serene mountain springs with adjectives such as “rolling…sweet” and uses the verb “murmur” to describe the pleasant sound of the spring (Lines 3-4). Additionally, his use of contrasting adjectives paints a colored picture of his surroundings. For instance, although the phrase “wild secluded scene” is something that seems to contradict itself, it serves instead to emboss a vivid and specific picture in the reader’s mind that can only match what Wordsworth must’ve seen when revisiting Tintern Abbey (Line 6). Jumping

The Industrial Revolution in England brought major changes to British lifestyle. The working classes experienced polluted conditions both in factories and at home. Technological advances contributed to a less agriculturally dependent economy. The Enlightenment also reinforced rational thinking, rather than imagination. The increasingly industrial society in England led Romantic writers to emphasize the beauty of the natural world because they questioned both the advancements of industry and the virtue of human rationalism (Kagan 416-418). British Romantics William Wordsworth and John Keats both embrace the uplifting and inspiring qualities of the natural world in many of their poems. However, while Wordsworth alludes to a

British romantic poetry was remarkable for a myriad of reasons. Not only did it vouch for a focus on nature in literature, but also showed an increased interest in both the emotion of the average person, and a heightened esteem for imagination as well as the wonder and amazement that accompanied children. Of course, it showed a darker side of the world as well, with some of the more distinguished writers focusing on the poor and how they lived. Stylistically, there was also a clear influence from Greek culture, with many poems taking inspiration from Greece’s literature and culture, along with other supernatural aspects that were added in.