William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge were both founders of the romantic genre and influenced each other's peotry a lot. They were each of them great lovers of nature, inspired by their residence near one another in the beautiful lake district of northern England. In fact, both poets' work focused largely on their appreciation of nature, Wordsworth preferring to write about the general countryside of England and everyday lives, while Coleridge had a preference for the exotic and far away.
"Titern Abbey" is a great example of how Wordsworth praised the ordinary in his peoms, passionately describing the hills and the trees and even the wind. On the other hand, in "Kubla Khan," Coleridge showcases his active imagination with his details of a mysterious land, owing mostly to his love of novels and fantasies as a child, though there is speculation that the main inspiration for this poem was an excess of painkillers. Wordsworth also avoided flowery language, which allowed the beauty of the scene in the poem to be felt instead of the beauty of the words.
The pairs shared quite a bitin common and the revolution that they began in writing was largely sparked by the French Revolution, which they were both strong proponents of. A lot of good poems are owing to the wonderful friendship between Wordsworth and Coleridge, but unfortunately their friendship fell apart in their later years of life, Coleridge succumbing to an addiction to pain medication.
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