As far as the nature of poetry is concerned, as per Wordsworth "poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings." Poetry has its origin in the internal feelings of the poet. In 19th century, when Wordsworth was a writer, industry and urbanity were taking place in England. Wordsworth believed that this sort of crowded lifestyle caused people's minds to grow numb day after day. Primarily, Wordsworth wrote not for himself. He felt the need to use the subject of nature in his poetry in order to keep his readers emotionally alive and morally sensitive. In his "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads," Wordsworth shows that his nature-centered poems have a power of reversing the effects of urban life and revive dull minds, his poetry allows people to experience the profound joys of nature and be revived. he believes his poetry can help keep humans human by bringing them back to nature. In his "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads," Wordsworth highlights how his nature-centered poetry has the power to turn people away from urbanity and industrialization.
Moreover, Wordsworth's solution to mind-dulling urbanization is to bring people back to nature through poetry. In his "Preface to the Lyrical Ballads," Wordsworth explains that the time ...
In the poetry of love and desire, the concept of wildness can often have connotations of unbridled passion ' a very sensual and physical way of losing oneself in lust. However, here Wyatt takes the word 'wild', with all of its overtones in such poetry, to instead represent a change in a relationship from mutual trust to frantic fear. Here, the hunt...
The beloved poet, Carl Sandburg, changed the course of American poetry. He was a poet, novelist, journalist, and songwriter, yet the influence of his works have not always been acknowledged. Carl Sandburg's evocations of American urban and rural life, compassion for people, and his love of nature, through his works have made an enormous contributi...
When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I think about is you. When I go to bed at night you are the last thing that runs through my mind and every single second in between I'm caught up in wondering: Are you ok? Are you happy? Am I wasting your life away when you could do so much better than me? I constantly try to think of things I could do...
Death is a common theme in many poems. It is viewed so differently to everyone. In the poems, "Because I could not stop for Death," "First Death in Nova Scotia," and "War is kind" death is presented by each narrator as something different. To one it is a kind gentle stranger while to another it is a cold cruel being. A kind gentleman stranger...
In Adrienne Rich's poem, "Living in Sin," a woman, entering a life full of hope and promises with her lover, assumes that "no dust" will fall upon her home, nor her perfect relationship. Her life, however, does not fit this ideal. Both a deteriorating home and relationship afflict her life; these unexpected results of her efforts in addition to t...