First of all, the poem shows several examples of how man should become one with nature. The poem states that nature has a voice of gladness and eloquence of beauty. This excerpt, "The golden sun, the planets, all the infinite host of heaven are shining on the sad abodes of death," is a good example of being a part of nature. Another good example is, "Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim thy growth." Basically, nature is described as a cause of happiness and wise doings.…
As well as the tone he uses is exactly what he wants us to see that nature has power over him. Wordsworth uses diction when he says, “lonely as a cloud” This shows the negative felling his going through. He feels lonely and very sad. His diction connotes to something unpositive his going through so this is the start of the poem that guides us through what was the purpose of his walk and that indeed he is sad. "A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company" another example of diction that has a positive connotation his heart is now filled with happiness as he is accompanied by this positive and happy people. He is even using personification because he is the daffodils human characteristics that they are cheerful company like a human…
In these lines Wordsworth writes about when he was younger and the memories he has which he can never replicate. He's haunted by the beauty of the the rocks, the mountains and the woods. He thinks about the charms of the scenery, how it looks at the time, how it looked in the past and it’s gifts. He gains pleasure from the scenery and reminisces about how nature inspired him even in his younger days, how it what he was looking at would possibly inspire him in later days.…
Romanticism emerged against a time of increased urbanisation and industrialisation, where people sought instead an immersion in nature instead. Coleridge’s poem exemplifies many of the feelings which the contemporaries of the time had towards nature, including impressions of its richness, its superiority to the city and the power of the divine reflected in nature. The countryside (nature) is portrayed as more valuable than the city, with Coleridge claiming that Charles “hunger’d after Nature, many a year, in the great City pent”, comparing the city to a prison, whilst nature is something to be desired. Using colourful descriptions such as “and that walnut-tree was richly ting’d” and “ye purple heath flowers”, Coleridge stimulates the richness and beauty of nature in the reader’s mind. Nature is given a sense of grandeur, vibrancy and vitality, reflecting the elevation of nature common to the time, with even the simple rook becoming a thing of momentary glory as it “cross’d the mighty Orb’s dilated glory”. Unlike in the Augustan age, where nature existed as something to be tamed by mankind, here nature exists in its own right. In fact, it is even seen to be raised up to a religious level, with Coleridge using the vocative terms “thou” and “ye” in reference to the Sun and clouds, essentially lifting them to the level of a deity. Hence they are able to partake in the majesty of God.…
The author’s attitude towards nature is that he loves the beauty of it and how should admire its beauty. That it should take a “pensive mood” (Line 20; Wordsworth) for us to realize the beauty of nature, because we should always admire its beauty.…
Society seemingly gets worse and worse each year by becoming too worldly, and Wordsworth openly criticizes this situation about how mankind loses sight on how significant Mother Nature and her ways are. "The sea that bares her bosom to the moon" (line 5). With this line, the author uses personification and alliteration to set a tone of urgency to show that even the sea, whom is blatantly exposing her bosom to all, goes unnoticed and unappreciated. "The winds that will be howling at all hours, and are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;" (line 6-7). Wordsworth evaluates that even the winds that howled out its throat were striving to get humanity's attention, only to give up and rest "like sleeping flowers," in a subdued manner. With these faults of society, Wordsworth criticizes that mankind has been using the ecosystem for goods for themselves, and not for its beauty. "We have given our hearts away" (line 4), he describes that with this unjust exploit from humankind, they have only given their gentle hearts away in replace with greed for materialistic goods, and he utters about what an awful trade they have made, "a sordid boon!" (line…
We see in the prelude that nature changes the narrator and that he is forced to realise that nature is more powerful than him; this extract definitely shows the reader that we haven’t controlled nature as humanity claims as the narrator thought at the beginning of the extract. At first Wordsworth comes across as being naïve and confident as he first sets across the lake “It was an act of stealth/And troubled pleasure”. But slowly towards the end his upbeat mood changes to fear as he realises that nature is more powerful and that “No familiar shapes/Remained, no pleasant images of trees”. The reader can notice a sense of rites of passage of the narrator as he goes from a naïve ‘boy’ to a more understanding ‘man’. His journey across the lake is a metaphor for life, as he is forced to overcome obstacles just like any of us in life which is why many would relate to this. There is also a sense of guilt in this poem as the narrator feels he is perhaps punished by nature for his actions at the start of the poem by almost underestimating the power and relentlessness of nature.…
It is what surrounds us in everyday, all the time. Because of this, it only makes sense that it becomes enticing material for writers of all shapes and sizes. Whitman and Dickinson prove this to be true. One commonality that these two poets have is that they use nature as description. For example, in Whitman's "Song of Myself" 52 he references to a spotted hawk, and in a more literal spot, he places the set for his poem "Song of Myself" 10 in the wilds and the mountains. Part of the reasons Whitman used nature so much, is that he was very into the pioneer spirit and the Old West. Furthermore, Emily Dickinson uses nature in a very metaphorical way. In "Apparently with no surprise" she talks of happy flowers and the frost beheading it. She puts flower in the place of people or a person in that specific example. The way that these writers use nature relative to all life strikes me because they show how everything is intertwined in life, not just nature and people, but…
Both poets talk about the Thames river. In Blake’s poem he says, “Near where the charter'd Thames does flow”(3). Wordsworth remarks,”The river glideth at his own sweet will.”(12). If there’s one thing these writers have in common, is their admiration for the Thames river. They both use the river as a symbol of freedom and grace.…
Poets such as John Muir and William Wordsworth both have strong connects with nature. Wordsworth says “my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils”, while Muir express the love by saying “and most beautiful of the flowering plants…was Calypso borealis”. Although nature seems to have an effect on plenty of people, these two convey the most blissful moments. Their view on nature is something that describes who they’re as people. Both poets’ covey very distinct descriptions of their connections with nature, which causes the reader to also feel those feelings. Muir and Wordworths both distribute romanticism with nature in their poems, but Muir’s poem speaks directly on the search for the calypso borealis, while Wordworth reminisces…
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This poem explores the lack of appreciation humanity has for the natural world, It uses simile to create vivid imagery. An example of a quote would be ”And are gathered up like now sleeping flowers” is a simile which creates visual imagery by visualising people as sleeping flowers. Wordsworth uses this simile to show that humans do not appreciate nature as much as they used to, and that humans are blinded by their man-made world. However, the poet expresses hope as the flowers are only sleeping, not dead, and once they wake up, there might be some light again where they see the beauty of nature. Thus, this shows that people are not appreciating nature as much as they should be, and this characterises Wordsworth as a Romantic.…
In “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,” seeing God through Nature is depicted as a gain when Wordsworth says, “well pleased to recognize/In nature and the language of the sense,/The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse,/The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul/Of all my moral being,” (783-784). Through Nature, Wordsworth now senses the presence of something far more subtle, powerful, and fundamental in the light of his “purest thoughts,” “guardian of his heart,” and “all of his moral being.” (783-784). While Wordsworth continues to connect with God through Nature, his younger sister, Dorothy, begins to…
Though Browning needs a human companion, as many people do, to make her happy, Wordsworth finds conclusive happiness in the inanimate things of nature. Thinking back to a time of complete content, Wordsworth describes daffodils "tossing their heads in sprightly dance” (12). In this particular line of the poem, Wordsworth uses personification to describe the daffodils in an upbeat demeanor. He knows that the daffodils and things of nature will stay with him constantly through his life. Therefore, through the simile “continuous as the stars that shine” (7), Wordsworth shows why he depends on nature for his happiness through a careful selection of figurative language. As he describes the beauty and grace of the daffodils, Wordsworth “could not but be gay In such a jocund company”, using enjambment to show that the daffodils bring him a happiness he cannot help nor deny (15-16). Although Browning needs the aid and presence of a human being, Wordsworth relishes in “the bliss of solitude” (22), using only the things of nature to brighten his mood and devote his life. In addition, when in “vacant or pensive mood”(20) he thinks about the daffodils and is immediately consoled just by the memory of their beauty, thus reiterating his infatuation with…
People can often get lost in their hectic lives and forget how just being in the presence of nature can affect them greatly. The romantic poems are called The Tide Rises The Tide Falls, The First Snowfall, and The Chambered Nautilus. The Tide Rises The Tide Falls, Written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, is about how nature will always go on no matter what happens to people. The First Snowfall is written by James Russell Lowell. It is about a father who is dealing with the passing of his daughter. The Chambered Nautilus, written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, talks about how a person was inspired by a simple shell. The value of nature is how it can help people during sad events, heal them after unhappy incidents , and inspire them.…