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William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge are best known as leading pioneers of the Romanticism Era of poetry. The two attended the same University but were not united until years after. Once joined, Wordsworth and Coleridge combined their work and ideas of poetry and became the leaders of Romantic Poetry. While working together to create a fluid objective of Romantic Poetry, the two suffered from differences which accomplished in setting their works apart.

William Wordsworth is known for his desire to set aside previous poetic skills, including proper style, words, and subject matter, and incorporating ordinary life and nature through common grounds. Extinguished was the flowery and unnecessary inclusions that made previous poetry superficial and unmoving; added was the central focus on life and its different forms. A reflection of Wordsworth's poetic style is seen in his poem Tintern Abbey which essentially accents his reliance on the simplicity of nature.

Samuel Coleridge is best known for his desire to incorporate fantastical subjects. While he was also known for including nature of life, he centrally focused around the world of a person's imagination. His work, along with Wordsworth's, caused a revolution in poetic style and thought. A common rendition of Coleridge's focus on the imagination is evident in his poem Kubla Khan which he wrote after having a dream which reflected what he had read about Xanadu.