Tintern Abbey and Frost at mid

             In the 18th century, two important poets started the Romantic Movement, the two
             being William Wordsworth, and Samuel Coleridge. These two poets essentially gave
             birth to the Romantic Movement, starting with the co-produced works of the Lyrical
             Ballads. In the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth describes poetry as "the
             spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," and details his philosophy and the meaning
             nature has to him. The poem collection includes the poems which I am going to discuss,
             "Tintern Abbey," by Wordsworth and "Frost at Midnight," by Samuel Coleridge. These
             poems are both great poems, however "Frost at Midnight" is a conversational poem
             compared to the romantic poem, "Tintern Abbey." Although written by two different poets, both poems, "Tintern Abbey" and "Frost at Midnight" deal with the beauty and serenity of nature, and contrasting human distress, while reminiscing about the past, present and future.
             In the poems "Tintern Abbey," and "Frost at Midnight," happiness is derived from
             the beauty of nature and its deeper meaning and influences for the poets. Reading
             "Tintern Abbey" I got a sense of feeling of Wordsworth's love for nature and the
             understanding he has for nature. This is quite obvious with the lines (62-65):
             "While here I stand, not only with the sense
             Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts
             That in this moment there is life and food
             In "Frost at Midnight," happiness is not as evident, due to the poet's regrets of being
             "reared in the great city" (line 52), and not raised in the country, and finding only beauty
             in the sky, and stars. This leads to the hope, and later happiness that his cradled son will
             be raised in the country, which is evident through lines (52-56):
             In the great city, pent 'mid cloisters...

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