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Romanticism Project Term Paper

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, "To a Beautiful Spring in a Village" represents the Romantic Movement in that the poet expresses appreciation for the "sweet stream." Coleridge is also expounding on his experience of the stream, which is an example of how the Romantic Writers wrote. The poem celebrates the stream with its "friendly banks" and "pebbled falls," focusing on every detail and finding joy in all of them. (Perkins 397) William Wordsworth's poem, "Lines Written in Early Spring" is an excellent example of Romantic verse as it, too, places a great deal of respect and awe upon nature. In this poem, Wordsworth laments what "man has made of man" while rejoicing in the beauty of nature. The poet is emphasizing the workings of nature when he thinks that "every flower enjoys the air it breathes" and the birds around him "hopped and played" with their every movement seeming to be a "thrill of pleasure." Wordsworth's contemplation places the beauty and simplicity against the nature of man. (197)

In addition, William Blake also...

For example, in the short poem, "The Lilly," simply announces that nothing can "stain" the beauty of the lily. This poem also illustrates the stylistic use of rhyming poetry to create a rhythm within the poem. (62)
Percy Shelley was another Romantic writer who enjoyed the beauty of nature and was able to capture it in poetry like no other. His poem, "Love's Philosophy" is an elegant blend of the beauty of love with the beauty of nature. By acknowledging that "nothing in the world is single" Shelley wishes that his spirit could mingle with the spirit of the one he loved. Shelley also exercised great care when crafting his poems and paid special attention to rhythm. Which is another characteristic of Romantic Poetry. (1028)

In a similar way, Lord Byron compares his love to that beauty of the night in his famous poem, "She Walks in Beauty Like the Night."

Byron was also a master of rhythm and rhyme and that can be seen in "She Walks in Beauty Like the Night." This…

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Hall, Donald, ed. Contemporary American Poetry. New York: Penguin Books. 1971.

Perkins, David, ed. English Romantic Writers. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
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