Lyrical Ballads

In the poem, Love’s Philosophy, Percy Bysshe Shelley suggests through imagery, personification, speech act, and the structure of the poem that love completes meaning of life since everything in nature pairs, and that without love, everything is in vain. Shelley uses nature to demonstrate the complementary pairings. “The fountains mingle with the river/ And the rivers with the ocean” connect these flowing substances together. Without one of them, there will be a gap, a lay of land separating the…

Thoreau and Bryant had similar works from the fact that they were different from everyone else's point of view and, they saw their different subjects similarly. Thoreau saw solitude as a refreshing and wonderful thing to experience and Bryant saw death as a really wonderful thing, not lonely and sad. They also brought nature into their ideas as a companion and in some instances a divine being. Thoreau had some quiet, alone time with nature and writes that "some of my pleasantest hours were…

During the bustle of England's industrial revolution, many writers sought comfort in the soft caresses of the natural world. In the majority of his works, William Wordsworth presents a similar theme, returning to dwell on the lowest, ordinary things and basking in the restorative abilities of nature. Longing for the day when England would return to its rural roots, his poetry creates an idol of nature and its power. However, in this world, there exists great certainty in the uncertain nature…

The Romantic movement provided readers with works consisting of passionate emotion, an appreciation for the natural world, and individualism. Elements of Romanticism have been recognized in works from a multitude of different cultures. Significantly, William Wordsworth is widely known as one of the great English Romantic poets. In addition, Walt Whitman, an American poet, has also been acknowledged for the Romantic elements in his works. Although both poets are from two different cultures, their…

In “Pied Beauty” by Gerald Manley Hopkins and “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge” by William Wordsworth, both poets express their feelings upon the beauty of nature but on different ways. Hopkins fascinates for the variety of nature that God has created for the reason that it makes the nature to be unique in their own way. On the other hand, Wordsworth wonders at the silence and tranquility in nature that breaks through the morning in London. In title of the poem, “Pied Beauty,” we can make an…

William Wordsworth combines nature and human interaction to paint a vivid picture through the speaker in the poem “I wandered lonely as a cloud”. The speaker is lonely and is wandering in a world that is bare and high over the hills and valleys. He all over a sudden comes across golden daffodils that blow his mind away through what he describes as the best that he has ever seen in his life. The daffodils are life like and the dance moves and cohesion with different parts of Mother Nature only…

In many instances, themes of old literature still remain present in today’s society. This statement applies to the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge since many things that happen to the mariner still happen today. Some examples of these themes are karma, supernatural activity, and redemption. These themes are all present throughout the poem as The Mariner went through his treacherous journey. The poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor…

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is written in an old English ballad fashion while including elements of literary Romanticism to not compromise the meaning and/or depth of his words by confining them to a specific verse structure. Instead, Coleridge chose to bend the rules of poetry by combining Romanticism with old ballad styles and sporadically differentiating the quatrain form for six to eight-line stanzas. For instance, the quote “There…

In 1951, Ernest Hemingway wrote one of his last famous works, The Old Man and the Sea. As it is noted by the title, the main setting of the novel is the sea. Hemingway uses this setting throughout the novel to exemplify the natural relationship between man and nature. During Santiago’s journey he encounters other creatures, like the marlin, to support the claim of nature and man working against and with each other. This novel, not only is a captivating story of man’s ongoing battle with the…

Coleridge allegory, Ancient Rime of the Mariner, explores religion in this story through integrated Christian motifs .The story tells of a man on a voyage who through an impulsive and heinous act changes the course of his life. Throughout the plot, the mariner experiences an internal struggle regarding the crime he committed, killing an Albatross which was perceived as a good omen. In order to gain redemption, take responsibility and understand the consequences of his actions. The mariner’s…