William Wordsworth And Taylor Colerridge Analysis

The works of William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge are so often paired together, due to the similar themes which they both convey, they are often known as the lake poets. These poets love to reflect their works off of their own personal reflections. Themes such as imagination, serenity, beauty and memory all are included to give these poems a realistic attitude which makes it easier for the reader to connect and understand the circumstances. The role of memory plays an important and interesting part in both of these poets’ works. Memory is a very powerful thing, one which leaves us in awe. This account will be focusing on Wordsworth’s poems, ‘Line Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey’ and Coleridge’s ‘Frost at Midnight’. These …show more content…
Johns Cambridge, were he took a shine towards literature. He loved travelling and began to explore Europe from 1791 to 1792, during this time the French Revolution was ongoing, and he became highly influenced by what he saw. When Wordsworth was just 27 he met with Samuel Coleridge, straight away the pair had an unbreakable friendship and together began their poetic career. Both men together helped to launch what is known as the Romantic Age in English Literature. Together they produced and published Lyrical Ballads in 1798, 1800 and 1802. A Line Composed a few miles above Tintern Abbey deals with the theme of memory and imagination. Memory gives us the ability to regain the path back to the pure nature of our childhood which was filled with so many remembrances. In this poem Wordsworth points out that, memory works upon the individual being, when we are not aware of it. It restores the connection of the person and the purity of the world which we so gracefully get an opportunity to live …show more content…
Coleridge finds refuge in his memories of tranquil nature. This poem deals with the writer reflecting on his childhood memories he is also trying to talk to his son for the hopes he has for him. Coleridge finds that your childhood is the definition and fate for how your adult path will be designed. Coleridge wants to keep the childhood spirit alive and prolong the memories for how long he can till the next generation. The theme of nature also plays a part in the role of memory. In this poem Coleridge is describing to his son, Hartley, his love for nature and how it’s been there for as long as he can remember. He says that when he was in school he would gaze outside the windows and admire things such as the frost falling, and dreaming about an ever wanting wish to leave the busyness of the city and going back to where he was born. He’s also excited for his son that he gets the opportunity to experience this feeling, and he won’t be ‘reared, in the great city’. He also wishes that ‘all seasons shall be sweet’ while his son is living there and that he too will experience and love nature just like he