Comparison of two poems

Romantic poets of past tried to depict idea that emotion is more significant than reason. Perhaps they are answering to new focus of reason and rationalism and feared that persons might forget more esoteric benefits of nature and strong feeling and reflection. In William Wordsworth 's ``Lines Composed Few miles Above Tintern Abbey 'the city and country are contrasted for reader through use of reflective imagery and symbolism in an effort to reconnect reader with these passions and to encourage his use of memory to summon strength (Jack, 136). Wordsworth believed, as did all romantic poets, in writing from heart. Thus his poem is reflection of his two visits to Tintern Abbey, former medieval church. The beauty of this natural surrounding is subject of poem. His first solitary visit occurred five years earlier than his second visit with his sister. He hopes to give her an escape from her grief and sadness in future by providing her with memories of this visit.

Wordsworth used poetry to teach us about beauty of nature.  If Sappho is considered 10th muse, then let Wordsworth be eleventh; for his words ring just as immortal: I wandered lonely as the cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw the crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside lake, beneath trees, Fluttering and dancing in breeze. I Wandered Lonely as the Cloud

In addition, reader can be seen as an extension of sister, symbol of all people who need to find solace in nature and love and peace it produces.The second visit, for Wordsworth, is different from first. Upon his first visit, he recalls his initial passion about nature which he has since lost. He recalls his love of nature and comfort it had given him in lines 23-28:“These beauteous forms,

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