Comparison Of The Romantic Period And Samuel Coleridge's 'Frost At Midnight'

The romantic period spanning the years of 1783-1830 was the period gave importance to the role of spirit, soul, instinct and emotion. The basic idea in the Romantic period is that reason cannot explain everything, on oppose to the preceding period, the Enlightment which was the movement of rationality, the romantic period searched for deeper and subconscious qualities. The romantic period was concerned primarily in the creative expressions of literature and arts. This philosophy spread around Europe and ultimately had affected the whole society, not just the artists, but changing the ways in which human emotions, relationships and institutions were viewed, understood and reflected. One important feature throughout the romantic period is the connection between the natural world and childhood, since we are all children of nature. This paper is a comparison between two important poets in the romantic period, William Wordsworth 's poem "ode: intimations of immortality" and Samuel Coleridge 's poem "frost at midnight".

There are some similarities and differences between the poems:

The two poems, both frost at midnight and ode: intimations of immortality speak of childhood as a sacred time during which the natural and human realms become intertwined. In both poems there is a clear relationship between the elements of nature and children and although this bond is explored in slightly different ways, the romantic view of the unbroken link between the human and natural world