Wordsworth was a great literary figure of the Romantic period. The Romantic Movement began in the eighteenth century against the neoclassical society during an age of revolution. ... The romantic idea is demonstrated throughout the poem through its subject matter, structure and literary devices. ... This simple form of verse and the simplicity of language is revolutionary, fitting with the romantic notion. ... In both stanza three and four romantic imagery is revealed. ...

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In Romantic times, for example, lyric poetry differed from epic and drama, for it was supposed to be a language of feelings. ... The Romantics, for instance, thought of poetry as full of life and feelings. ... Another great poet of Romantic times - Samuel Taylor Coleridge qualified poetry as "the best words in the best order-, while Percy Bysshe Shelley defined it as "the expression of the Imagination-. ...

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In Romantic times, for example, lyric poetry differed from epic and drama, for it was supposed to be a language of feelings. ... The Romantics, for instance, thought of poetry as full of life and feelings. ... Another great poet of Romantic times - Samuel Taylor Coleridge qualified poetry as "the best words in the best order-, while Percy Bysshe Shelley defined it as "the expression of the Imagination-. ...

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Language and Vision in Romantic Poetry Growing up, is it good? ... Romantic writers, especially poets, held nature in reverence. ... Another Romantic trait found throughout this poem is that of descriptive passages that appeal to the senses. ... Another vision Wordsworth uses that demonstrates a characteristic of the Romantic Era is his message of Carpe Diem. ... Much of stanzas II and III are dedicated to the beauty and appreciation of nature as was much of Romantic poetry. ...

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To be considered a Romantic work, the work must contain aspects which are termed "Romantic." A few typical "Romantic" aspects are: love of the past; sympathy to the child's mind; faith in the inner goodness of man; aspects of nature having religious, mystic, and or symbolic significance; and reconciliation of contrasting ideas to make a point. ... Even though, the birth of the Industrial Revolution changed the world, many Romantics including William Wordsworth objected to this new change. ... He and many other Romantics had a passion for nature and disapproved ...

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Romantic poets represent the lost origin in many different ways. ... At the end of the poem, he speaks of his child=s future which fuses with his Romantic interpretation of natures and its role in the child=s imagination. ... Throughout the years Romantic poems have been written by different romantic poets who created different types of themes. The variety of themes dealing with lost origin allows people to write more romantic poems. This process of generation after generation of romantic poetry makes the poets unique and infamous for their talents in history. ...

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He, like most romantic poets of his time revolted against the industrial revolution and wrote many pieces about nature in order to go up against it. ... Wordsworth is considered a romantic because his writings were very imaginative, emotional, and visionary. He regularly discussed poetry with his friend Samuel Coleridge, who at the time was also a romantic writer. ... "In his poetry, William Wordsworth, urged his readers to look to nature for and understanding of life, and in doing so, he became a major force behind the Romantic Movement." ...

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He, like most romantic poets of his time revolted against the industrial revolution and wrote many pieces about nature in order to go up against it. ... Wordsworth is considered a romantic because his writings were very imaginative, emotional, and visionary. He regularly discussed poetry with his friend Samuel Coleridge, who at the time was also a romantic writer. ... "In his poetry, William Wordsworth, urged his readers to look to nature for and understanding of life, and in doing so, he became a major force behind the Romantic Movement." ...

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William Wordsworth Romantic Poetry started in the late 18th century. ... Romantics became explicit with pantheism or pan-psychism, the feeling that soul pervades over all matter (http://members.aol.com/heraklit1/poets.htm ). William Wordsworth, an unrivaled poet in the world of romantic poetry. ... It was his work that has earned him a place among the romantic poets ...

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He, like most romantic poets of his time revolted against the industrial revolution and wrote many pieces about nature in order to go up against it. ... Wordsworth is considered a romantic because his writings were very imaginative, emotional, and visionary. He regularly discussed poetry with his friend Samuel Coleridge, who at the time was also a romantic writer. ... "In his poetry, William Wordsworth, urged his readers to look to nature for and understanding of life, and in doing so, he became a major force behind the Romantic Movement." ...

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The poem conforms to romantic ideals with the use of simple word choice, and the stress on the beauty of nature. ... "Resolution and Independence" was written in 1807, and incorporates many romantic ideas in the poem. ... Additionally, as a Romantic poet, Wordsworth writes passionately about nature. ...

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William Wordsworth is commonly regarded as the vanguard poet of the Romantic movement in British literature. ... Wordsworth's veneration of nature was typical of the Romantic lyricists, who often practiced forms of pantheism and mysticism, seeking transcendence through natural awareness. ...

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In William Wordsworth's Three Years She Grew, he is deeply involved with the Romantic tradition. He takes a classical Romantic approach and characterizes Lucy through Nature. ... However, he also follows another trait of the Romantics and acknowledges his own feelings of misery that follow a beloved's death and how "She died and left to [him] The memory of what has been/And never more will be" (ln 39-42). ... Wordsworth is one of the classic Romantic poets. ...

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The Romantic era grew alongside the Enlightenment, but concentrated on human diversity and looking at life in a new way. ... The Romantics turned to the poet before the scientist to harbor their convictions. ...

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The Reflections of Nature in Ode on a Grecian Urn, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey During the Romantic movement, many poets write about nature thematically. ... In Ode on a Grecian Urn, Keats expresses a love for art and nature, which are two major themes of the Romantic period. ... Romantic writers love to use nature in their works. ...

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William Wordsworth lived in Europe during the late 18th to mid-19th century, and was a major contributor to the Romantic era. ... By looking at the poems tone, image, and diction, it can be seen that William Wordsworth poem "Strange Fits of Passion have I known" is that of a romantic one....

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I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud Wandering Through Wordsworth's Poem William Wordsworth is a famous Romantic English poet known for his imagery. In his poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud," we can see his use of imagery and emotion at its best. This also happens to be one of my favorite poems. T...

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Approximately six billion people inhabit the earth, and with each person come a new philosophy on the meaning of life. Some are based on reason and logic while others are simply sewn together with ones dreams and imagination. The beauty is, no matter how fantastic each one is; it carries just as ...

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Romantic literature has three distinctive characteristics which include a persistent reference to Nature and her influence, intimate self-revelation of the poet's emotions, and the use of contraries. ...

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Nature has always been an unlimited source of inspiration for many poets. It would be an omission if William Wordsworth were not mentioned. To him, there is a mutual relationship between man and nature. He considered nature as a friend, a source of happiness or sometimes even a religion. This ideolo...

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"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" was written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1791. He was part of the Romantic Era in literature. The ballad is about a Mariner who shoots an albatross, and is cursed forever. In this extract the Mariner is talking to a wedding guest about his travels and the effect it...

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Romantic Poets William Wordsworth writes in his "Preface to Lyrical Ballads" that "if the views, with which they [the poems] were composed, were indeed realized, a class of poetry would be produced, well adapted to interest mankind permanently, and not unimportant in the multiplicity and in the quality of its moral relation" (mallor & matlock 574). ...

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"William Wordsworth was considered one of the greatest and most influential English romantic poets of his time"(Young 369). He was known for his innovative concepts of nature, his use of "language really used by men," and his use of simple topics surrounded by mass detail. "What made Wordsworth's ...

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Wordsworth is conscious of his stagnant nature and he shatters the boy‟s illusion of a romantic world with his confession that everything about him was imaginary and with this done, he allows the boy the opportunity to discover reality and become a part of the real world....

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The Essence of Man In William Wordsworth's sonnet "The World Is Too Much with Us," the author's techniques enhance a feeling of not only hopeless despondency, but also forlorn dejection. Wordsworth presents first humankind's existing botched relationship to nature and quickly follows with his nosta...

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