Collected Poetry of William Wordsworth
Collected Poetry of William Wordsworth
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William Wordsworth's poetry is characterized by its deep connection to nature, exploration of memory, and celebration of the ordinary experiences of life. In works like Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey and I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, Wordsworth expresses a profound belief in the restorative and spiritual power of the natural world, often reflecting on how nature shapes the human soul. As a key figure in the Romantic movement, Wordsworth's emphasis on emotion, imagination, and the sublime in nature transformed English poetry, influencing the way nature and individual experience are portrayed in literature.
"It could be said that Wordsworth did for literature what Freud was to do for modern psychology, nearly a century later... Before Wordsworth, poetry had a subject. After Wordsworth, its prevalent subject was the poet's own subjectivity." - Harold Bloom