IntroductionThenamesWordsworthandKeatsaretoacertainextenttantamounttoRomanticism,especiallyfromtheperspectiveofmodernacademics.JohnKeats's"OdetoaNightingale11andWilliamWordsworth'sHIwanderedlonelyasacloud11seemtohavebeenwrittenwiththeintentionofdescribingamomentinone'slife,likethatofthefleetingtuneofanightingaleorthediscoveryofafieldofdaffodilsbyalake.Withineachofthesemomentsamultitudeofemotionsareestablished,witheachmorphingfromonetoanotherverysubtly.Whatarealsomoresubtleaboutthesetwopoemsaretheirdifferences.Whiletheydotouchonverysimilartopics,theobjectsusedtopersonifyKeats*ideasondeathandimmortalitydiffersfromWordsworth^ideasonaninherentunitybetweenmanandnature.Thus,theideasrepresentedbythemdodivergeatdifferentpointsinthepoemsaswell.ComparisonofJohnKeatsfsnOdetoaNightingalelfandWilliamWordsworth'sriIwanderedlonelyasacloud"JohnKeatsusesthisbeautytocreateacentralthemeinoneofhisprominentpoems,HOdetoaNightingale11.Thebeautyin"OdetoaNightingale11isthatoftheNightingale'ssong.Thebeautifulsongofthenightingaleisremindingthepoetofhisownmortalitybysingingtohissenses.Itisthebeautythatheseesintheworldwhichmakesitapparentthatsocietyisdestinedtoperishanddie.KeatsshowsthedeepestexpressionofhumanmortalityinthispoemashediscussestherelationshiptomatureageandhowitcomparestothefluidsongoftheNightingale.Themaninthepoemlongstofleefromtheworldhelivesandjointhebirdinitsworld.Keats'ssymbolismoftheNightingaleandthecontrastbetweenlifeanddeathrevealshischangingviewofliferesultinginthebeliefofdeathbeinghismeanstoovercomepain.Keatsbeginsthisrevelationbydescribingthebeautyoflife,buthisuseoffantasywordsforeshadowsachangeinhisoutlook.Byusingthesymbolismofthenightingale,Keatsbecomesuncertainofhisviewoflifeandbeginstopondertheconceptofdeath.Inthe
conclusion,Keatsfeelsdeceivedbythenightingale^representationoflife,anddesiresdeathtoovercomehispaininsteadofenduringitinlife.AsKeatscontinueshisthoughts,hebecomesmoreandmoreskepticaloflife.Fascinatedbythenightingale,Keatsrecognizesthebird'sinnocence:”Whatthouamongtheleaveshastneverknown,/Theweariness,Thefever,andthefretM.Onewouldfretwhenuneasyoruncertaintowardsamatter.Keatsrevealsthatthenightingaleisoblivioustotheconceptofdeathasitsingsitsmelody.Thenightingaleiscompletelyfreeforitdoesnotknowaboutdeath.Keatsbecomestormentedbytheinnocenceandfreedomofthebird,asallofKeats1uncertaintiesregardinglifeanddeathoverwhelmhim:HWherebuttothinkistobefullofsorrown.Livinghislifebringsaconstantreminderofhispain,drivingKeatstochangehisopinionoflifeanddeath.Similarly,asagreatpoetofnature,WilliamWordsworthwrotemanyfamouspoemstoexpresshislovefornature,oneofwhichisnIwanderedlonelyasacloucT.Inthenarrativepoem,thepoetsuccessfullycomparedhislonelinesswiththehappyandvitaldaffodils.Thedaffodils,thesymbolofthenature,bringgreatjoyandrelieftothespeake匚SoWordsworth'sconceptionofnatureisthatnaturehasalottodowithman,itcannotonlyrefreshone'ssoulandfillonewithhappiness,butitcanalsobereducedintoabeautifulmemorywhichwillcomfortone'sheartwheninsolitude.IchosethepoemnIwanderedlonelyasacloud"byWilliamWordsworthbecauseIliketheimageryinitofdancingdaffodils.Uponcloserexamination,IrealizedthatmostofthisimageryiscreatedbythemanymetaphorsandsimilesWordsworthuses.Inthefirstline,WordsworthsaysHIwanderedlonelyasacloud11.Thisisasimilecomparingthewonderingofamantoaclouddriftingthroughthesky.Isupposethewanderingcloudislonelybecausethereisnothinguptherethathighintheskybesidesit.Itcanpassbyunnoticed,touchingnothing.Also,theimageofacloudbringstomindalight,carefreesortofwandering.Thecloudisnotboundbyanyobstacle,butcangowhereverthewhimofthewindtakesit.Thissimplepoem,oneoftheloveliestandmostfamousintheWordsworthcanon,revisitsthefamiliarsubjectsofnatureandmemory,thistimewithaparticularly(simple)spare,musicaleloquence.Theplotisextremelysimple,depictingthepoetrswanderingandhisdiscoveryofafieldofdaffodilsbyalake,thememoryofwhichpleaseshimandcomfortshimwhenheislonely,bored,orrestless.RomanticpoetWilliamWordsworth^nIWandered
LonelyasaCloud11extolsthevirtueofnatureandhighlightsthevalueofparticipatinginitsbeauty.ConclusionIn"OdetoaNightingale11andHIwanderedlonelyasacloudbothpoemstellsofanexperienceinwhichthehumancharactersencountersnatureinthepoems,andtheexperiencesarehandledquitedifferentlyinthetwopoems.Natureshavealwaysheldsignificanceinhumanlives.Theyachievedheightsunattainabletohumansandsungwhiletheydidthat.Thesetwopoetsusenatureastheirmuseandalsosymbolicallyforthehumanexperience.Thetwopoems,nOdetoaNightingale11andf'IwanderedlonelyasacloucT,clearlyportraybothofthepoets*treatmentontheideaofescape.Bothpoemsconstructvividillusionsbutinsistontheirdesolatingfailure.Thepoemsdoseemsimilarinseveralwaysbecauseinboth,KeatsandWordsworthdoportraysymbolsofrealismwhiledepictingthenature,aswellasthespectrumofemotionsfromgrieftojoy.Thecentralthemesofthetwopoemsareneitheranightingalenoradaffodil,but,thepoets*eternalsearchforacenterofrefugeinaworldofflux.ItisthroughsuchaconceptionthatKeatsandWordsworthsetstoresolvethedichotomybetweentheworldoftheidealandthatofrealitywithintheorderofexperience.Reference[1]Plumly,Stanley.:"Theimmortalevening:alegendarydinnerwithKeats,Wordsworth,andLamb."NewYork;London:Norton,2014.pp.368.(2014)[2JLan,Beth.:reviewofStillinger,Jack・”Romanticcomplexity:Keats,Coleridge,andWordsworth."StudiesinRomanticism(47:3)2008,420-5.(2008)[3]Horrell,WilliamC.:reviewofMilnes,Tim."ThetruthaboutRomanticism:pragmatismandidealisminKeats,Shelley,WordsworthandColeridge.HWordsworthCircle(42:4)2011,266-9.(2011)[4]Burkett,Andrew.:reviewofRoe,Nicholas.HJohnKeats:anewlife.11StudiesinRomanticism
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