AskEssays.com - Discover essay samples

Comparing Ode To The West Wind And Tintern Abbey

4.9 of 5.0 (98 reviews)

Contains
351 words
Category
Poetry & Poets

Comparing Ode To The West Wind And Tintern Abbey Page 1
The above thumbnails are of reduced quality. To view the work in full quality, click download.

The two chosen pieces both have a dominant theme of nature. Shelley, in his poem 'Ode to the West Wind,' uses poignant tone, while using personification and imagery to unravel his theme of nature. While Wordsworth's '...Tintern Abbey' contains a governing theme of nature, Wordsworth uses first person narration, illusive imagery, as well as an amiable tone to avow his connection to nature.
In his poem, 'Ode to the West Wind,' Shelley uses a poignant and heart-rending tone to describe the power of nature and more specifically the wind. Shelley's reference to the wind, as the 'sister of Spring' and a 'Maenad,' shows how the wind is like a woman, spontaneous and free, with the liberty to be a gentle soul or a vicious amazon. He sees the wind with wonderment, and at the same time respects it and or even fears it. Shelly not only uses tone to depict his conception of nature, but he goes on to use personification to characterize the strength and vigor the wind possesses. He gives the wind human characteristics by referring to the wind as 'her' and 'she.' For example, 'Her clarion over the dreaming earth, and fill (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air) With loving hues and odors plain and hill,' can be paralleled with a woman tending to her garden with love and devotion. Along with a heart-rending tone and personification Shelley uses imagery to describe nature. He refers to the clouds in the sky as 'angels of rain an lightning' and the dead leaves of Autumn as 'ghosts from and enchanter fleeing,' he is amazed and mesmerized by the wind, and quietly wishes to one day become one with the wind, little did he know that one day that dream would one day become a reality, seeing as he was killed by the wind in a sail boat.
On the contrary William Wordsworth has a completely different conception of nature, one of love, happiness, and affection. He views nature as a lifetime companion, as compared to his sister Dorothy. ...

You are currently seeing 50% of this paper.

You're seeing 351 words of 702.

Keywords: compare and contrast ode to a nightingale and ode to the west wind, ode to the west wind iambic pentameter

Similar essays


Beowulf

, an epic poem, was written around the ninth century A.D. more than one heroic tendency. each performs deeds for which they gain fame and honor, and each is seen, in their own respects, as a model of virtue. 's time heroes were confident, strong, and brave, , an Anglo-Saxon hero, has all three characteristics. His quest is to restore Herot, due to...

168 reviews
Download
La hermana san sulpicio

Armando Palacio Vald's fue un escritor y cr'tico literario espa'ol, perteneciente al Realismo del siglo XIX. Naci' el 4 de octubre de 1853 en Entralgo (Oviedo). Era hijo de un abogado ovetense, Silverio Palacio y Eduarda Vald's, que pertenec'a a una adinerada familia de Avil's, y se educ' en esta ciudad hasta 1865, en que se traslad' a Oviedo a viv...

152 reviews
Download
Beowulf And Hrothgar: Anglo-Saxon Ideal Code Of Conduct

The epic poem of 'Beowulf' presents the characteristics of two heroes, Beowulf and Hrothgar. During this Anglo-Saxon time period, Hrothgar rules as the king of his Danish lands. However, this king faces many problems due to the disturbances of a monster known as Grendel. As an Anglo-Saxon warrior of the time, Beowulf hears of this creature and j...

25 reviews
Download
Great Poems

Feelings that once were hidden Are now expressed to you. Days that once were stormy Are now the brightest blue Times that once were lonely Are now filled with pleasure. All that once was mine alone Are now things we both treasure Nights that once were cold Are now comforting and warm. Fears that once were very real Are now gone with the storm A...

38 reviews
Download
Response to 'The Chambered Nautilus'

When I first read the poem, it was kind of confusing and hard to understand. It wasn't until I read it the second time that I figured out that Oliver Holmes was actually writing about a sea creature, or, at least I think that's what he's writing about. What convinces me that he's writing about a sea creature is the fact that the setting for the p...

106 reviews
Download
Atsisiųsti šį darbą