William Wordsworth

He was born in 1770 in English Lake district and educated in Cambridge.He had been profoundly influenced by French revolution. In 1795, he went to live with his sister,Dorothy ,his most faithful friend.Then he went to Somerset to be near of S.T Coleridge . The development of their friendship brought them to write a pile of poems called Lyrical Ballads,published in 1798. In 1805,he finished The prelude ,a long autobiographical poem of 14 books.

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Background of the poem Wild Swan at Coole

The poem the Wild Swan at Coole appeared in 1919 volume of poems the poem is all about Yeats' two consequent visit to the coole park on his second visit to coole park after 19 years ,Yeats counted the swan in the lake and found them same number of fifty nine is closely related to Yeats' occultism and personal significance the number suggest Yeats' personal love for Maudgonne . The newmarological resultened of the number suggest Yeats' spiritual attitude to the life of the swans . Which are symbolic of immortality,youthful energy and permanence in contrast with the impermanent human life,beauty and facility creative potential of the poet or artist imperishability and so on.

P.B Shelley

P.B Shelley:- Shelley was born in 1792 .In 1810 ,he was expelled from Oxford university for his pamphlet." The Necessity of Atheism" . He died in 1822 in Italy . His notable works are " Ode to the West Wind","To a skylarkS","Prometheus unbound" etc. The main theme of Shelley's poetry is freedom and love which are the solution of the evil world.

Features of Romanticism....

Features of Romanticism:- 1. The Romantic movement was marked by a strong reaction and protest against the bondage of rule and custom. 2. Romanticism is return to nature and plain humanity. 3. It brought again the dream of agoldena age . In which stern reality of life were forgotten and the ideals of youth were established . As the only permanent realities. 4. The Romantic movement was the expression of the individual genius rather than of established rules. Influenced the literature of the revival is as varied as the characters and modes of different writings. 5. The Romantic movement while it followed its own genious was not altogether unguided . Strictly speaking their is no new movement either in history or in literature,is grows out of some good thing . And looks back with reverence to the past masters.

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