Compare And Contrast Wordsworth And John Muir

A giant field of daffodils or a single Calypso borealis in a murky swamp, both equally beautiful but vastly different. John Muir and William Wordsworth have two very different way of describing things that are very similar to each other. Both are capable of portraying beautiful stories but in two completely opposite ways. Wordsworth uses intriguing syntax to portray his story while Muir uses profound connotation and diction.
John Muir uses lots of profound connotation and diction to portray his connection with nature. An example of this is in the sentence, “The rarest and most beautiful of the flowering plants I discovered on this first grand excursion was Calypso borealis (the Hider of the North).” He describes his trip as a “grand excursion” even when he earlier called it lonely and difficult. However seeing this single plant after all of his struggles has made up for everything. Another sentence the proves this is, “How long I sat beside Calypso I don't know. Hunger and weariness vanished,” even though he has been there for hours and had previously been hungry and tired, he no longer is, that is how much seeing that one plant affected him.
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In this way a reader could read either and get the same message; that these men have a very prominent connection to nature that they have chosen very different ways to convey. Wordsworth describes his with syntax in the form of a poem, choosing emotion over education. While Muir describes his connection with connotation and diction in the form of an essay that shows his academic talent. Both of these authors are brilliant in their own ways, their connection to nature that most do not know. However, they have both allowed others to see into their connection through these two works. Two works for the reader to decipher that are great in different ways and should both be read and