Paper no.5 Comparison of William Wordsworth and Lord Byron...

 
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 between Wordsworth and Byron....


Name:Ekta Jayswal
Class: M.A.[SEM:2]
Roll No:10
Paper No.5:-The Romantic Literature..
Enrollment No: PG2069108420180027
Batch:2017/19
Email Id: ektajayswal12@gmail.com
Submitted to:Dr. Dilip Barad
S.B.Gardi English Department [M.K.B.U.]



            The Romantic Period...

The English Romantic period spanned between 1789 and 1824. This period was not so-called until the mid 19th century when readers began to see six different poets as part of the same movement. These poets were William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Shelly and John Keats.

Each poet had his own vision of nature, but they shared the fact that it was really important in human life.

Although the six poets cohered to create the English Romantic movement they were all extremely different with their writing style..


*George Gordon Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824)


George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, known as Lord Byron, was an English nobleman, poet, peer, politician, and leading figure in the Romantic movement. He is regarded as one of the greatest British poets and remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems "Don Juan" and "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" as well as the short lyric poem  "She Walks in Beauty"....


Lord Byron chose to be noisily “immoral” not because he was any worse,or any better than the average aristocrat of his time but as a weapon against the moralism of Wordsworth.


*William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 – 23 April 1850)

William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads(1798).

Wordsworth was the poet is a man speaking to men but he is more sensitive, he can understand men in a deeper way, he teach to enter into community with nature.

wordsworth dealt with a simple and genuine kind of nature, that of peasants, who were reputed to have a privileged relationship with it. In his opinion nature was pervaded by God and could be a moral guide, each element led to the contact with him. The feelings nature inspired could then be elaborated in a poetic form thanks to a process Wordsworth called “recollection in tranquillity”, that involved memory and imagination.


*Comparison between William Wordsworth and Lord Byron ....


#IMAGINATION:-

Wordsworth: a certain colouring of imagination, imagination coloured reality and also modifies the object observed.


Byron: a way to reach freedom.


#NATURE:-

Wordsworth: He is the poet of nature, three different meanings: as a countryside opposed to town, as a source of feelings, as an active force expression of god.


Byron: it’s a projection of the poet’s feelings. Several elements are personified.


#STYLE:-

Wordsworth: familiar, simple language really used by people.


Byron: social satire, language artifical and affected, natural and conversational.


#THEMES:-

Wordsworth: nature as a source of inspiration.


Byron:while Byron only found comfort in it, as it was the expression of his contrasting feelings while he was alone, contemplating it (an example is the sea in “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage”).


**Compare and contrast of Lord Byron's "She Walks in Beauty" and William Wordsworth’s "She was a Phantom of Delight"...


This poems intends to explore the theme of attraction.This two similar poems by pre 20th century poets Lord Byron and William Wordsworth. These poems will include the background of each of the poets and how the poets ideas are outlined using language, structure and form.and subject of mysterious beauty is put forth and the way in which the personality of characters differ from each poem.

The form of Byron’s poem is fairly regular and each of the 3 stanzas has 6 lines.There is also a very regular metre as there is 8 syllables per line with the some exceptions for example line 6 was probably nearly impossible to put right or “denies” is meant to be pronounced with 1 syllable like previous words “eyes” and “skies” which are also only 1 syllable long. This is proof of his obsession with the English language and how strict he was. To back this up Byron has spelt the word “climes” incorrectly for its meaning because possibly this would fit in with the poem better. There is an extremely regular rhyming scheme of "ABABAB" and this is significant because it reflects his love and perfection of the English tongue.

In Wordsworth’s poem his poem also has 3 stanzas only each one has 10 lines. Just like Byron William has a regular metre with 8 syllables a line. The rhyming scheme is different to the work of Byron maybe because William was older and the style changed over the years. Wordsworth scheme was AABBCCDDEE for each stanza. Wordsworth’s poem shows little of how hard it must have been to construct this poem as it is nearly perfect. One example of a glitch may be the half rhyme of “good” and “food” as these do not really rhyme. It has shown that both poets have used a very regular structure to their poems.

Byron’s first line, “She walks in beauty, like the night,” also has the tittle of the poem in it and so makes it doubly important. Byron’s clever use of language features such as the simile, walks in beauty, like the night and personification as the night cannot walk already makes an onlooker interested. The theme of the poem is revealed slightly, “beauty,” and this can make a reader want to read on. The idea of mysterious beauty is again revealed slightly, “night,” as this has connotations of mystery and all things bad but is somewhat contradictory to beauty. The subject is said to be a woman as well.

In comparison Wordsworth’s first line, “She was a Phantom of delight,” is very similar to Byron’s as it outlines briefly the major themes, “Phantom,” which could also mean a ghost which is an example of mystery and “Delight,” has connotations of joy and beauty. Again William also gives the subject of the poem. It is very interesting how Wordsworth uses a metaphor and Byron uses a simile. This might be because of the differences in fashion between when both poems where written or it could be down to the way in which both poets have lived their lives and how this has influenced their poems.

It has shown that the first line in both poems has given a glimpse of the plot and has managed to grip the reader by using language features. The personality of the woman in each poem is intriguing and as both poems write about poems it is a topic which can be compared. Byron describes his view of his woman as “best of dark." Dark has a connotation of evil and mystery and if she is best in the dark perhaps she has horrible looks or he only sees her in the dark such as a prostitute.

The idea of prostitution is continued in line 8, “nameless” and the idea that she is better in the dark is furthered in line 7. Whereas Wordsworth describes the woman in his poem a “Creature not to bright.” A creature is an unexpected thing to call a beautiful woman as creature implies a beast or a wild person. Perhaps she isn’t very intelligent as this is implied also. The idea of a Phantom or a ghost is mentioned throughout the poem. This ties in with the quote as she might be a ghost and she would be a creature not a person.

In conclusion the characters of each poem are slightly different as one is projected as perhaps a prostitute and the other a spirit or angel. This poems intends to explore the theme of mysterious beauty portrayed in both Romantic poems through physical imagery of hair. Wordsworth obviously mentions “dusky hair. ”Dusky implies a soft brown colour and so overtly the woman has brown hair. Whereas Byron describes the woman’s hair as a “raven tress.”  Ravens are stereotypically black and perhaps evil whilst tress indicates a ringlet of hair.Therefore we can assume perhaps this woman has black hair and that she has an evil or mysterious side.

This poems has shown that the two poets ideas of beauty portrayed through hair differs and both poets play with physical images such as hair to illustrate their ideas.

*Conclusion:-

In conclusion this poem has shown that the two very similar romantic poets, Byron and Wordsworth have conveyed their ideas of mysterious beauty through poetry in many strict ways. The structure of their poems has shown how both poems are very regular and have a strict orderly rhyming scheme.

The use of certain language features has given the poems a more in depth understanding and this has been shown in both the first lines and parts of the poems referring to beauty. The first lines have also grasped the reader by not giving away the whole meaning of the poem. The characters of both ladies in the poems have shown that perhaps one could have been a prostitute and the other maybe a ghost. Finally physical imagery in the poems has shown that both poets differ on how they picture beauty and this is shown through their poetry.


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