• Shelley
1) character with violent revolutionary ideas
The Necessity of Atheism Queen Mab
2) The despotic government and the influence of revolution
The view of nature
• London, 1802 by Wordsworth
Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen(沼泽) …… Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. ……
The comparison between Wordsworth and Shelley
vs
Wordsworth
Shelley
Wordsworth (1770_1850)
Shelley (1792_1822)
The reasons
• Their achievements and reputation
• The different generation • More knowledge
Similarities
1. Concentration on nature: “worshiper of nature” spirit lodge
2. Concentration on human life: humble life and inner world of the human spirit 3. Revolution appreciation and pursuit
• Ode to the West Wind by Shelley ……
Scatter, as from an unextinguished heart Ashes and sparks, my words among mankind Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy! O wind If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
• Shelley was called “One of the best artists of us all”
--by Wordsworth
And “without exception the best and least selfish man I ever knew.”
--by Byron
• To Wordsworth
by Shelley
Poet of Nature, thou hast wept to know That things depart which never may return …… In honoured poverty thy voice did weave Songs consecrate to truth and liberty, --
Passive Romanism
Active Romanism
• London September 1802 by Wordsworth
O friend! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, oppress（压抑） …… No grandeur（壮丽） now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine（掠夺）, avarice（贪婪）, expense, This is idolatry（盲目崇拜）; and these we adore: ……
b. The origination of truth create a more reasonable world
EVALUATION
• Wordsworth has not only started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.
• Wordsworth a. Full of the portray of childhood and memory, which shows his recall to the past. b. The spring of happiness comfort people’s heart • Shelley a. Full of passion to show his longing and hope to future.
Deserting these, thou leavest me to grieve, Thus having been, that thou shouldst cease to be.
The background
• Wordsworth
1). Outbreak of war between France and England 2). Disappointment to France's invasion to the Europe 3). The remaining situation of poor people
Differences
• The political attitude • The background • The view of nature
The political attitude
The different two literature ls
conservative radical