Similarities and Dissimilarities Between Shelley and Keats
The Role Of Nature In Romantic Poetry Focusing On Wordsworth,Keats And Shelley
Statement Of Problem
Many english literature students,when faced with romantic poetry due to lack of familiarity the importance and place of nature in romantic poetry ,don`t understand deeply.therfore,this study attempts to highlight the role of nature in romanticism for English literature students.
Purpose
In the present study an attempt has been made to investigate the role of nature and it`s effects on the romantic poetry.
Significance of study
The romantic poetry is a significant period in the history of English literature and the nature is an important elements of this poetry.so,understanding it isn`t possible without considering the place of nature.therefore,this study aims at considering this issue in order to provides background for a deep understanding of romantic poetry.
Nature, Shelley, and Wordsworth
Amelia Warren '93
Victorian Web Home —> Some Pre-Victorian Authors —> British Romanticism —> William Wordsworth]
Dizzy Ravine! and when I gaze on thee
I seem as in a trance sublime and strange
To muse on my own separate phantasy,
My own, my human mind, which passively< — "Mont Blanc," Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1816.
Both Wordsworth and Shelley wrote in an age that felt a new appreciation for the sublime in the natural world. People had become fascinated by nature's power and wonder. Yet the natural world depicted in Shelley's poetry is wilder and crueller than in Wordsworth's. In "Tintern Abbey" (text) Wordsworth writes about a "green pastoral landscape" (l.158) and he claims that "Nature never did betray/ The heart that loved her." (ll.122-123) He shows nature to be a gentle, nurturing force who teaches and soothes humanity. Shelley, however, focuses on a "dizzy ravine" whose grandeur puts him in a trance.
Each poet's attitude about nature stems, at least in part, from his actual location at the time when he composed his poem. As he wrote "Tintern Abbey"
Statement Of Problem
Many english literature students,when faced with romantic poetry due to lack of familiarity the importance and place of nature in romantic poetry ,don`t understand deeply.therfore,this study attempts to highlight the role of nature in romanticism for English literature students.
Purpose
In the present study an attempt has been made to investigate the role of nature and it`s effects on the romantic poetry.
Significance of study
The romantic poetry is a significant period in the history of English literature and the nature is an important elements of this poetry.so,understanding it isn`t possible without considering the place of nature.therefore,this study aims at considering this issue in order to provides background for a deep understanding of romantic poetry.
Nature, Shelley, and Wordsworth
Amelia Warren '93
Victorian Web Home —> Some Pre-Victorian Authors —> British Romanticism —> William Wordsworth]
Dizzy Ravine! and when I gaze on thee
I seem as in a trance sublime and strange
To muse on my own separate phantasy,
My own, my human mind, which passively< — "Mont Blanc," Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1816.
Both Wordsworth and Shelley wrote in an age that felt a new appreciation for the sublime in the natural world. People had become fascinated by nature's power and wonder. Yet the natural world depicted in Shelley's poetry is wilder and crueller than in Wordsworth's. In "Tintern Abbey" (text) Wordsworth writes about a "green pastoral landscape" (l.158) and he claims that "Nature never did betray/ The heart that loved her." (ll.122-123) He shows nature to be a gentle, nurturing force who teaches and soothes humanity. Shelley, however, focuses on a "dizzy ravine" whose grandeur puts him in a trance.
Each poet's attitude about nature stems, at least in part, from his actual location at the time when he composed his poem. As he wrote "Tintern Abbey"