A Comparison of Blake, Wordsworth and Keats

While both Keats and Longfellow often reflect on their own unfulfilled dreams and impending deaths, the poems however contrast on their own dispositions towards death and the future. Here, Keats expresses a fear of not having enough time to accomplish all that he believes he is capable of doing, but as he recognizes the enormity of the world and his own limitations of life, he realizes that his own mortal goals are meaningless in the long run of things. On the other hand, Longfellow speaks of a regret towards his inaction for allowing time to slip away from him in his past and is at a crossroads for the ominous future that looms ahead of him. Through the use of light and dark imagery, and personification, Keats and Longfellow similarly yet also differently, reflect on their own ideas for death and the futures that lay ahead of them.

Wordsworth, like other Romantic Poets, with his overwhelming mind observed life with greater suction and fundamentality; his partaking in the working of life was keen and so minute that when he did finally caught up with the philosophy of life his poems became more and more sublime and transcendental in feelings. In his Preface to the “Lyrical Ballads” republished in 1800 described a Poet and his working which in a way popularized self-expression connecting an object of little importance to the infinite vision of the Creator. His grew as a poet gradually with

William Wordsworth existed in a time when society and its functions were beginning to rapidly pick up. The poem that he 'Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye', gave him a chance to reflect upon his quick paced life by taking a moment to slow down and absorb the beauty of nature that allows one to 'see into the life of things'; (line 49). Wordsworth's 'Tintern Abbey'; takes you on a series of emotional states by trying to sway 'readers and himself, that the loss of innocence and intensity over time is compensated by an accumulation of knowledge and insight.'; Wordsworth accomplishes to prove that although time was lost along with his innocence, he

While perusing some of his verse, it appears to me that Keats was exceptionally worried about beautiful motivation and desire, and comparably, the creative energy and it's quality as methods for getting away life. At the point when Keats depicts his feelings of trepidation of death before he can completely express every one of that his mind holds “When I have fears that I may cease to be, before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain, before high pilèd books in character, hold like rich garners the full-ripened grain”. , this shows to me an incredible wonderful aspiration inside Keats and a

During the eighteenth century, there came a time where people were turning away from the traditional way of viewing religion and society started producing their own individual perception of religion and human life. By the nineteenth century, the change was much more common than before. The term Romantic Expressivism became more important and it put a name to what the movement was called and it was just like seeking religious satisfaction through poetry. Romantic Expressisvism illustrates how poets and writers would make unorthodox perceptions of the order of the world and nature played a large factor as well (Charles Taylor). Poets such as Johnathan Keats and William Wordsworth used nature as a significant part in their own poetry. According to Charles Taylor, both Keats and Wordsworth fell into the category of formulating their own cosmic syntax and metaphysics of the modern world. Johnathan Keats and William Wordsworth poems show the metaphysical beliefs and their own perception of how the world is.

The two poems, “When I Am Dead, My Dearest” by Christina Rossetti and “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be” by John Keats are both revolving around the topic of death. Although the poems could not be more different, for both poets have two incredibly different views of death. Christina Rossetti seems to want her death to be a happy time, to remember all the good memories instead of mourning over the lost time, while John Keats poem pertains to being rushed, not having enough time in life to use. He fears his death will come sooner than he would prefer. He does not have enough time to participate in all the activities that he would enjoy. The author of this essay will compare and contrast both “When I Am Dead, My Dearest” by Christina Rossetti and “When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be” by John Keats, because the two poems are similar in topic but could not be more different in perspective, this is shown through examining the theme, tone, and imagery that are presented within the two poems.

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William Wordsworth once defined poetry as being “a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings recollected in tranquility.” In his poem, “Ode: Imitations of Immortality,” Wordsworth expresses his powerful feelings about the natural world and his struggle to understand why humanity has failed to recognize the value of nature. He is saddened by the fact that time has stripped away much of natures glory, depriving him of the wild spontaneity he once exhibited as a youth. Wordsworth uses the symbolism of the child to represent the state of being closer to the glory of nature. From childhood to adulthood, Wordsworth reflects on the impermanent nature of time as the chaotic and creative forces that influence the human existential condition.

On October 31, 1795 an English Romantic lyric was brought forth in this world. He was born in London, England. Keats was the oldest of four children. His mother was Frances Keats. His father was Thomas Keats. Keats lost his parents at age eight. Keats father, whom was a stable keeper, was killed after being trampled by horse. Keats father death left a major impact on him. He then begins to understanding for society that it’s both a suffering and a loss, Keats father’s dearth greatly disrupted the family’s financial security. His mother seemed to be so depressed and managed to make misstep and mistakes after her husband’s death. She then quickly remarried and just as quickly lost a good amount of their family’s worth. Frances second marriage failed so she left her family and children behind in the care of her mother. She lately returned to her children in life but her life was in tatters. In 1810 she died of tuberculosis

The Romantic Movement of literature in England sparked a rapid change in the common themes of writings produced by the nation’s most renowned authors and poets. Writers often explored more subjective topics such as the effect of nature on the individual rather than the chemistry of the mind, a topic of greater importance to philosophers of the Enlightenment. Onto the open stage of this newly flourishing literary movement stepped William Wordsworth, at that time only a young man in his twenties or thirties. Wordsworth would soon become a highly influential poet in this literary era as well as during several political eras that occurred in his lifetime both in England and the rest of Europe. His presence during such a lengthy period of rapid change both in literature and other aspects of society made Wordsworth more than just a great composer of verse. While his poems retain their value as great reads to this day, Wordsworth serves as a portal into the thoughts of people living in his time period. The subject matter of his poetry reveals what issues held the most importance for writers and other citizens of England at the time and the way in which contemporary politics may have affected writers including Wordsworth.

“If Poetry comes not as naturally as Leaves to a tree it had better not come at all” (biography). John Keats was an English-born poet who was known for his sonnets, romances, and epics. He was a well-known romantic poet who was criticized because of his style of poetry. In his poems, Keats uses frequent themes such as death, the five senses, reality departures, and nature. As a romantic poet, John Keats uses imagery and emotion based themes as way to display his beliefs in his poetry.

John Keats was a man faced with death and disease throughout his entire life. His obsession with death stemmed from the many deaths of his family members. With his focus on death it is easier to see the “more nuanced portrait of death” he describes in his poem (Richards, "Analysis of John Keats's 'When I Have Fears:' Death & The Freedom of Limitations." ). It is evident that Keats’s main fears in life are the fear of dying young, the fear of not being successful, and the fear of losing loved ones. The poem ¨When I Have Fears That I May Cease To Be¨ by John Keats successfully exerts his feelings of concern towards fame, love, time, and death, and later resolves “his fears by asserting the unimportance of love and fame” (“When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be,” 2009) while simultaneously becoming one of the most important poets from the Romantic movement.

William Wordsworth was born April 7, 1770, at Cockermouth in Cumberland, England. His poetry, and especially his poems on solitude, must have been heavily influenced by the death of his mother and the splitting up of his family when he was only eight (Kilvert 1). At that time, fate sent him to live in Hawkshead, England, where his teacher started him writing poetry. Wordsworth got his higher education at Cambridge, his memories of which play a part in his later poetry (Noyes 201). Fate again stepped in when, as a young man, he received an inheritance, which gave him the freedom to study literature. One might guess that this is when he first became part of the Romantic movement, (Pinion, 21).

William Wordsworth lived in a time of Romanticism. An era of revolt against order, rules, and logic. The mindset of the Romantic era was one of imagination over reason, emotion over logic, and intuition over science. (CITATION) During the Romantic era, the static character archetypes of the 18th century were replaced with unique, peculiar

John Keats was a young poet whose work continues to heavily influence the literary world today. His contributions to the Romantic Period are considered to some to be unmatched by even some of the more experienced poets of the time, including William Blake. Through his use of vivid imagery and magical language, Keats was able to paint beautiful pictures through his poems all while conveying deep philosophical meanings that were prevalent in the writings of the Romantics. What makes John Keats continue to be relevant today is not only the concepts he wrote about, but the manner in which he wrote them. The suffering that he endured from his personal life as well as the extreme empathy he held for humankind shines through his writings and gives his works a very wistful and sad quality that leaves the reader pondering life and all of the beautiful yet mysterious aspects it holds.