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ANALYSIS ON THE STUDY OF POEM OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

ABSTRACT

The universe of straightforward, uncomplicated objects, whether in the countryside or among people, remained Wordsworth’s central preoccupation. He replicated this universe with such a keen eye and knowledge that it gained a hitherto unseen splendour. His portrayal of human nature is equally straightforward but illuminating. It is at its best when he discusses the mystical affinity between calm nature and the human soul and the spiritual renewal brought on by humanity’s sympathetic interaction with the other members of God’s creation, as in "Tintern Abbey" or "Ode on Intimations of Immortality." The immediacy of experience in Wordsworth’s poetry runs counter to neoclassical ideas, and his poetic form represents a rejection of the recent literary past. Wordsworth fought for what he saw to be the more potent effects of regular, common language and rejected the idea of a specially poetic vocabulary, such as that of neoclassical poetry. The odd, exotic, and mysterious were Coleridge’s inherent tendencies, on the other hand. In contrast to Wordsworth, he only produced a small number of poems over a very short time. In poems like "Christabel" and "Kubla Khan," the splendour and extravagance of the Elizabethans are recalled rather than the neoclassicism or simplicity of Wordsworth, but rather the beauty and horrors of the far-off in time or place. Achieving an immediacy of sensation at the same time, Coleridge implies a natural but concealed affinity with Wordsworth and their rejection of the 18th-century spirit in poetry.

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