Tenets of Wordsworth in Resolution and Independence

Romanticism officially began in 1798, when William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge anonymously published Lyrical Ballads. This work marked the official beginning of a literary period which had already begun many years before 1798. A work is defined to be of a certain period by its characteristics, therefore to be considered a Romantic work, the work must contain aspects which are termed Romantic. A few typical Romantic aspects are: love of the past; sympathy to the childs mind; faith in the inner goodness of man; aspects of nature having religious, mystic, and symbolic significance; and reconciliation of contrasting ideas to make a point. Wordsworth flourished in these ideas in a poem called Independence and Resolution. In this†¦show more content†¦(25, 27-9)brbrThought makes a Romantic poet happy (which is another tenet of Romanticism), and a blind man can not distinguish between any two levels of dimness. Hence, the usage of these contrasting points helps convince t he reader that Wordsworth is ill at ease. His point is made and well understood, thus making this a good literary technique. brbrIn conclusion, the poet is suffering from dejection without a cause. Wordsworth is strangely not at ease. He searches nature for an answer, but nature does not bring reconciliation to his distraught emotions. The poet has an overwhelming feeling of angst. Upon seeing the old man, Wordsworth is given a new hope for a way to gain the inner peace that he has been looking for. The old man serves as a role model for Wordsworth. brbrbrbResolution and Independence/bbrbr1brThere was a roaring in the wind all nightbrThe rain came in heavy floods;brBut now the sun is rising calm and bright;brThe birds are singing in the distant woods;brOver his own sweet voice the Stock-dove broods;brThe Jay makes answer as the Magpie chatters;brAnd all the air is filled with pleasant noise of watersbr2brAll things that love the sun are out of doors;brThe sky rejoices in the morning s birth;brThe grass is bright with rain-drops; -on the moorsbrThe hare is running races in her mirth;brAnd with her feet she from the plashy earthbrRaises a mist; that, glittering in the sun,brRuns with her all the