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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CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF BLAKE'S "CHIMNEY SWEEPER" POEM'S FIRST VOLUME 'SONGS OF INNOCENCE'......

In Blake's "Chimney sweeper" of the 'songs of Innocence volume Blake refers a little Chimney sweeper who has lost his father and mother.His parents sold him to master Chimney sweeper . The Chimney sweeper cry 'weep','weep','weep' is a parody of child's mumbling of 'sweep'.The speaker in the poem is Chimney sweeper and his friend is 'Tom Dacre' curly hair and white hair is a generalized picture of morbidity suffered by the working class people in England in late 1780s.T he tersh reference of the unhealthy condition of factories and industries by the words like :"coffins Black"," Black","cold" etc .To which the Chimney sweepers like Dick ,Joe and Ned are easy victims.In this poem Blake's tone is tender and gentle.

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.

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