Compare and Contrast the works Of two poets who write on The themes of people And landscape - Ronald Stewart Thomas and William Wordsworth
Daniel Sitaranjan Compare and Contrast the works Of two poets who write on The themes of people And landscape Ronald Stewart Thomas and William Wordsworth are the two poets mentioned in the title. Even though both wrote on corresponding topics of people and landscape, the two poets approach their writing with a much different mentality. RS Thomas takes a more realistic and down to earth view. His poems are often cut straight to the point, whereas William Wordsworth uses romance and exaggerated beauty. His poems focus on the positive side of life. He is also a very patriotic man and in many of his poems you can witness this. RS Thomas is a practical man. Probably because of the way Thomas lived and the different period in which he wrote. RS Thomas is more representative of the 20th century whereas William Wordsworth is representative of the 18th and 19th centuries. William Wordsworth was born on April 7, 1770, in Cockermouth, Cumberland, and educated at St John's College, Cambridge University. He developed a keen love of nature as a youth, and during school holidays he frequently visited places prominent for their scenic beauty. The love of such things may have led him to become one of the most influential romantic poets'. RS Thomas was a vicar, rector of Manafon. He was separated from the world in a parish near Newton in Wales. Much of his work is set in Wales, his
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Comparing two poems - 'Binsey Poplars' by Hopkins and 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' by Wordsworth.
Compare the two poems and comment on: > The overall feelings of the poem > How they use language effectively > What the poems suggest about the characters of the authors. The two poems 'Binsey Poplars' by Hopkins and 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' by Wordsworth both contain very strong, emotive feelings. However, the feelings that they contain are very different. The 'Binsey Poplars' poem has an overall feeling of anger. Hopkins is openly enraged by the removal of the trees which is clearly seen in the poem as it stresses the sudden shock that Hopkins experiences as he sees his trees have gone. There is also a great feeling of sadness as Hopkins has clearly lost something he cared for. 'My aspens dear...' The opening word of 'my' tells us that Hopkins thinks of the trees as his own which show his care for them and the attention he must have given them. They were clearly very important to him which explains his protectiveness over them and also why he used the 'my' and 'dear. On the other hand, the Wordsworth poem is more joyful. It has an overall feeling of happiness which is seen from the word 'dance'. This word is repeated in every stanza of the poem to continually remind the reader of the joyous feeling throughout the poem. The poem also comes across as carefree which can be seen by the description of the jubilant mood the author is in: '...on my couch I lie in a
Comparison of 20th century prose
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Comparing “The Daffodils” by William Wordsworth and “To Daffodils” by Robert Herrick
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This essay is going to compare the content, the structure and the language of the two poems, 'Daffodils' and 'Westminster Bridge,' both composed by the poet, William Wordsworth.
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In " The Daffodils" and " Upon Westminster Bridge" the poet shows appreciation of the natural world. What does he appreciate and how does he convey this? Which poem do you prefer?
In " The Daffodils" and " Upon Westminster Bridge" the poet shows appreciation of the natural world. What does he appreciate and how does he convey this? Which poem do you prefer? Both " The Daffodils" and " Upon Westminster Bridge" were written around the turn of the 19th century in Georgian times to illustrate William Wordsworth's view of the Natural World. " Upon Westminster Bridge" illustrates the poet's view on the city of London. Wordsworth is able to appreciate and see the magnificence in a normal bustling city. He is in awe at the scenic beauty of the morning sun, radiating from London's great architectural marvels. To give the sense of calm he uses the adjectives silent, smokeless to underline that it is early in the morning and London is beautiful because the factories are sleeping, there is no pollution and the city is not dirty. We can find an indirectly accuse of industrialisation. Only when the factories are closed, ships, towers and theatre are bare and when the town is silent, it is beautiful because industrialisation and pollution do not spoil it. " Upon Westminster Bridge" is written in the form of an Italian sonnet. It is divided into an octet and sestet. In the octet the poet tells us what he sees before him and describes to us the beauty of the scene. In the sestet he tells us of his personal responses to the scene. The poem uses an alternate line
Explore how the poets you have studied use different perceptions of London in order to convey thematic ideas
Explore how the poets you have studied use different perceptions of London in order to convey thematic ideas William Blake, who wrote 'London', and William Wordsworth, who wrote 'Composed Upon Westminster Bridge' are two poets from the Romantic period of the nineteenth century. Both have written a poem describing their feelings for the city of London, but they were written ten years apart. This is shown when reading the poems, as the each gives a very different perception to the other. 'Composed upon Westminster Bridge' is surprisingly written in the form of a Sonnet. A sonnet is composed of an octave first (eight lines) followed by a sextet (six lines). Sonnets are usually written about topics like love, passion, and desire; which is why it is unexpected that a poem describing a city so be written in this form. In writing the poem this way, the poet communicates his feelings of admiration and adoration for the city to the reader. Wordsworth gives the impression of femininity when addressing London, in the same way that someone may call their car 'she'. He's saying that London is like a beautiful woman and he admires it in the same way. What adds to this effect is how Wordsworth refers to other elements of the poem as 'he'; '...In his first splendour, valley, rock or hill', 'the river glideth at his own sweet will'. This gives us the image that everything else is ugly and
Compare the poems 'upon Westminster bridge' by Wordsworth and 'London' by Blake.
BY Richard Warman Compare the poems 'upon Westminster bridge' by Wordsworth and 'London' by Blake In the poem 'upon Westminster bridge' by Wordworth he describes London from Westminster. He describe it as the most beautiful place on earth of early in the morning. Wordsworth say no-one could ignore such a beautiful unless they were "dull of sole" this means that any one with a sole would find this sight so beautiful and someone with out a sole is like a sad and cant see the inner beautiful of London. Wordsworth use the word City he uses the capital letter for city is shows that Wordsworth makes the place important and this is a sign of respect. Wordsworth also uses a a metaphor within the poem he describes the city as a "bath in beauty" he also says that it is fell like he is wearing the morning. As the sunrises Wordsworth describes the city at its best and fells proud and keen to talk about the beauty of the city. Wordsworth uses the words "silent" used to described the cities quite and peaceful land the word "bare" this means no people about yet and the calm atmosphere. Wordsworth describes the building he can see they all stand out "beautiful" buildings, which are designed for religious worship made for the communities the music and the theatre. The other buildings stand out for the cultural, religion and the architecture reasons. Wordsworth only describes the city as a
It has been said that Wordsworth's Lucy poems have more differences than similarities.
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