Well I call to mind ('Twas at an early age, ere I had seen Nine summers) when upon the mountain slope The frost, and breath of frosty wind had snapp'd The last autumnal crocus, 'twas my joy To wander half the night among the Cliffs And the smooth Hollows, where the woodcocks ran Along the open turf. ... This relates to the idea that a child's innocence should be preserved for a long as possible, as when innocence is lost it would be replaced by a view of experience. ... The speaker is not a child in the Rousseauean sense, although he remains a child in age, which justifi...

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William Blake had his first vision of God at the age of four. ... Blake's Songs of innocence are a key example of taking life at face value. ... Blake being a Romantic glorified innocence and childhood, as being one and the same. ...

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Novels dealing with Social realism issues are becoming more common (which they need to) for the better of the future of adolescents in this day and age. ... Experts have claimed in articles such as "Life sucks, Timmy" that social realism novels take away a teenager's innocence. ... If today's adolescents grow up thinking life is one big fairytale then when they become the age in which they can make a difference and take action against conflicts, they wont, because they wont even be aware in what is happening unless they are told now. ... So give teenagers a chance to keep their inno...

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They revolted against the artificial declamatory speeches and formal language of the neoclassical age. ... The main theme of "Ode on Intimations of Immortality" is searching for comfort or peace while realizing the loss of childhood innocence and lack of constraint. 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...

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In the second part he questions his memories because of age, he is not sure the feeling is the same. ... He first describes the innocence of his childhood, then his disparity and vanity of old age and lastly, the purity of his sister. ... Wordsworth used it to express innocence and purity. ...

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In "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience", Blake explored unconventional ideas of the nature of God and religion and tried to unite, or balance, his concept of innocence and experience as two different states of life and the human soul. Both "The Lamb" (Songs of Innocence) and its contrary "The Tyger" ("Songs of Experience") invite the reader to consider God and creation in different ways. ... The reference to the stars or heavens may symbolise the rigid "laws" imposed on man and poet in the preceding age of reason and restriction, whilst their weeping shows the breakdown of these ba...

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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. ... His achievements include: the first successful American historical romance in the vein of Sir Walter Scott (The Spy, 1821); the first sea novel (The Pilot, 1824); the first attempt at a fully researched...

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Only there, he experiments the feeling of love toward Beatrice; and there he discovers the truth of Beatrice's innocence and sincerity. ... Giovanni is so subjugated by Beatrice's beauty and innocence during their meetings, in the garden, that he does not even notice the purple print on his hand (left by Beatrice) until he goes back to his room. ...

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Both viewed children as the embodiment of innocence and purity, something to be protected and nurtured. ... The exact origins of Romanticism are still in debate today, but it is generally agreed upon that it came about as a challenge to the Age of Enlightenment (1660s-1780s). ... " (Harvey) The movement celebrated the power of the individual, the imagination, and spontaneity, rather than the authority of reasoning and control during the Age of Reason. ...

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His poetry encountered great critical interest for its "employment of satire and verbal digression, its presentation of the individual versus society, and its treatment of guilt and innocence" (Safier, 528). Byron considered Alexander Pope--an important satirist in the Age of Reason--as a model for him and his writing, thus influencing his own satirical style. ... At the age of 21, Byron was given a seat at the House of Lords and went to sessions for that year (Slovey and Haerens 67). ...

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Is it true that the monster is treacherous? Walton says that Victor showed letters and that W. saw the monster, to lend credibility to the story. Victor had thought to be useful, but without due consideration to values. Epic hero: "the greatness of his fall." Victor's speech: we do something not because it's easy but because it's hard--shows some noble sentiment and aspiration. ...

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