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Essay / Romanticism and Romanticism in William's Poetry...
Some of these works being The Prelude (1850), 'Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey' and London (1802). These poems were important because they showed a more earthly and natural love for things in a growing industrial world. Worth began writing because of the impact that the French Revolution and the death of his mother had on him. William also met friends who helped him become a poet, Loy says: “In 1795, Worth received an inheritance from a friend that allowed him to pursue a career as a poet; he also met Samuel Taylor Coleridge. »(Loy “Lyrical Ballads”). William linked the style of his poems to Romanticism in several ways. McGhee explains how he does it: "Worth's styles of poetry are numerous, although his most famous stylistic experiment was to compose 'lyrical ballads' in simple language and simple meter to express the universal experience of ordinary people in rural areas. These poems treat common incidents as if they were extraordinary; in other words, the lyrical quality of sentiment gives importance to the traditional ballad tale. (Mcghee). William's works followed a specific type of a,b,a,b,c,c structure in his writings. For example, “I wandered alone like a cloud” followed this rhyme scheme. “I looked - and looked - but without thinking, what richness the spectacle had brought me: for often, when on my sofa I lie down, in a vacant or pensive place