Features of Romanticism in Blake’s Songs of Innocence And Songs of Experience

William Blake, the son of a London hosiery tradesman, was a strange, imaginative child. His soul was at home with books, flowers, and fairies than with the crowd of the city streets.  Romanticism seeds had been sewn into Blake’s nature much earlier than Romanticism was officially proclaimed by the publication of the Lyrical Ballads in 1798 … Read more

The Treatment of Nature in Sons and Lovers

English literature regards D. H. Lawrence as one of the most incredible nature poets in history. In his descriptions of nature, Lawrence combines the genius of a painter with that of a poet. He is a painter in his technique and a poet in his attitude to nature.  Lawrence’s observation of Nature is at ways … Read more

Explain ‘Nature’ As An Essence in Anglo-Saxon Poetry

Anglo-Saxon poetry depicts a primitive world where life lies in the fight— man has to wage war against the hostile Nature. The precarious existence of man in the face of natural forces and calamities has been the subject of much great literature throughout the ages, and Anglo-Saxon poetry was no different from that convention.  As society … Read more

Critical Appreciation of “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” by William Wordsworth

“The whole poem represents the passage from youth to maturity— from feelings of self-pity to compassion of all mankind.” Robert L. Cox, The Explicator, University Of South Carolina, Volume 19, Issue 6, March 1961. William Wordsworth’s “Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” portrays his sheer intimacy with nature since his early childhood, … Read more