They revolted against the artificial declamatory speeches and formal language of the neoclassical age. ... Another way in which these writers rebelled in their writing styles was their lack of conventions and rules, such as the three unities, in their works. ... Wordsworth saw the purity and innocence in children and illustrated it in lines 63 through 67. ... Wordsworth also saw, however, how this innocence and purity was corrupted by civilization. ... Stanza VII continues illustrating this corruption and loss of innocence by describing some of the roles that the child will play throughout lif...

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America produced many renown authors during the age of American romanticism. ... These included "youth (or childlike qualities); innocence; a love of nature and a distrust of town life, [and] a corresponding uneasiness with women (Arpin, et al 120.)" ... The Romantic period celebrated man's freedom with nature, virtue found in innocence, and intuitiveness over the rational. ... Critics of Cooper often lambaste him by his unperfected writing style, use of words, unrealistic situations, etc. ... His achievements include: the first successful American historical romance in the ...

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