During the romantic era, There were poets like William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley, who used their lives as inspiration.William Wordsworth is considered the father of modern romantic literature. While Shelley paid a tribute to William Wordsworth, however it was more of a look where you are now. Both poets used themes, symbols, and characterization to get their thoughts across. “To Wordsworth” was written by Shelly and “I wandered lonely as a cloud” by Wordsworth.
To begin, there are multiple similarities between “To Wordsworth” and “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. One of the biggest similarities is the underlying tone. Both poems displayed the attitude towards life as sad and depressed in I Wandered then in To Wordsworth the attitude …show more content…
The speaker says that he used to be this really bright star in the sky in a really dark time. Some of the literary devices that demonstrate this are the following. There is the personification of childhood and friendship and first love glow because he guided those younger than him. Then there are simile comparing childhood friendships and love to sweet dreams “Childhood and youth, friendship and love’s first glow / Have fled like sweet dreams” (line 3-4). There is also Alliteration in “Above the blind and battling multitude” ( line 10). Nostalgia and depression are all there it is a lamentation of the person that was lost, Wordsworth, making the tone very depressing.
To conclude, William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley were both poets of the romantic era. They had great works and this two poem shows similar characteristics and themes. The poets used their background to write their poems and used nature as to show that even though things may be bad there is some light in this
To begin, there are multiple similarities between “To Wordsworth” and “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. One of the biggest similarities is the underlying tone. Both poems displayed the attitude towards life as sad and depressed in I Wandered then in To Wordsworth the attitude …show more content…
The speaker says that he used to be this really bright star in the sky in a really dark time. Some of the literary devices that demonstrate this are the following. There is the personification of childhood and friendship and first love glow because he guided those younger than him. Then there are simile comparing childhood friendships and love to sweet dreams “Childhood and youth, friendship and love’s first glow / Have fled like sweet dreams” (line 3-4). There is also Alliteration in “Above the blind and battling multitude” ( line 10). Nostalgia and depression are all there it is a lamentation of the person that was lost, Wordsworth, making the tone very depressing.
To conclude, William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley were both poets of the romantic era. They had great works and this two poem shows similar characteristics and themes. The poets used their background to write their poems and used nature as to show that even though things may be bad there is some light in this