“Ode on Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood” by William Wordsworth is often ranked as one of the poet’s best works, sometimes referred to as the “Great Ode”. With its purely Romantic themes, the poem incorporates Wordsworth’s views on nature, mortality, spirituality, and existence, which have found both admiration and crit... read more

Romanticism is an arts movement that began in the late eighteenth century (Ferber 1). This art period gives individuals room for creativity; consequently, inspiration depends on the artist. The two categories of Romanticism are Traditional Romanticism and evolutionary Romanticism. Romanticism earns itself unique characteristics because it does not follow neoclassic rules (Gunderson 11). Roma... read more