Comparing Wordsworth and Brontë's views on nature
I can explain the similarities and differences in how Wordsworth and Brontë present nature in ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ and ‘Shall earth no more inspire thee’.
Comparing Wordsworth and Brontë's views on nature
I can explain the similarities and differences in how Wordsworth and Brontë present nature in ‘Lines Written in Early Spring’ and ‘Shall earth no more inspire thee’.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Both poets use language to display a reverence for nature and attribute omniscience to it.
- However, Brontë is more explicit in the suggestion that nature is specifically trying to soothe and comfort the reader.
- Both poets personify nature; however, Brontë gives nature a voice.
- Arguably, both poets are critiquing the societal shift brought about by the Industrial Revolution.
- Both poets display Romantic characteristics in their writing.
Keywords
Omniscience - the state of knowing everything
Reverence - deep respect for someone or something
Melancholia - a feeling of deep sadness
Romantic - a poetry movement from the late 18th and early 19th century, focused on emotions and nature
Lament - a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
Common misconception
Comparison answers should only focus on the differences between poems.
Comparisons should focus on both the similarities and differences between the poems to reveal the subtle unique intentions of the poets.
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You will need access to a copy of the AQA World and Lives anthology for this lesson.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
A largely consistent ABAB rhyme scheme with one half rhyme
A change in the rhythm of the final line of each stanza
An extra unstressed syllable in every other line
Largely ABAB rhyme scheme with final stanza AAAA
"holy"
"faith"
"heaven"
"idolatry"