William Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge had one of the most influential bromances of our civilization. Romanticism was born because these two men found a common ground of looking at nature, emotions, and the want of freedom and letting all of those things fuel their writing. Coleridge found solace from his physical pain and addiction to medication in his imagination, while Wordsworth used his inspiration from nature to see a deeper meaning in the world. The work of Wordsworth and Coleridge, "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" and "Kubla Khan" respectively, show the similarities and differences of different Romantic poetry.
Both poems write about nature and the emotions of people. This exemplifies the new ideals of Romanticism as well as shocking people into understanding a new point of view. The vivid imagery helped the reader feel inside the Xanadu or standing beside the ruins of Tintern Abbey.
The contrasts of these two poems allow newcomers to Romanticism understand its infinite bounds. "Tintern Abbey" shows the complete emotions of the poet and is written in a way that the every man can understand, which was very important to Wordsworth who was on the side of the every man during the French Revolution. "Kubla Khan" is incomplete and uses many more exotic, strange words that some would not recognize. Coleridge's writing style is hectic and spontaneous, but the reader is still able to understand the emotions that course through the piece.
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