Concetti Chiave
- Shelley focuses on themes of freedom and love as solutions to societal issues, while Wordsworth emphasizes senses and memory through nature.
- Shelley views poetry as a tool for imagination to alter reality, leading to isolation; Wordsworth sees imagination as faithful observation of nature.
- For Shelley, the poet is a prophet helping humanity reach an ideal world; Wordsworth views the poet as a sensitive teacher improving moral understanding.
- Shelley's approach to nature is symbolic, using it as a refuge from reality; Wordsworth believes in nature's goodness and its inseparable link with humanity.
- Wordsworth's belief in nature aligns with Rousseau's views, emphasizing the excellence of childhood and the connection between man and nature.
P.B.Shelley e W.Wordsworth
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Main themes
Shelley: Shelley's main themes are freedom and love as remedies for the faults and evils of society. Only love can fight against political, moral and social conventions
Wordsworth: Wordsworth's main themes are senses and perceptions shown throwgh nature: its sound and the view of nature's beauties. But, above all, the memory that allows the poet to give life to his poetry. Memory gives the poet the way to recollect emotion in tranquillity
Imagination
Shelley: For Shelley poetry is the expression of the imagination in order to change the reality of the material world. But the imagination leads the poet to suffe and isolate himself from the rest of the world
Wordsworth: For Wordsworth imagination has got a new meaning. It refers to his accurate faithful and loving observation of nature
Poets’s tasks
Shelley: The poet is a propher and a Titan challenging the cosmos; his task is to help mankind to reach an ideal world free from tyranny, destruction and alienation.
Wordsworth: The poet for Wordsworth has more sensibility than common man and he uses this power for penetrating the heart of things. He becomes a teacher who shows man how to understand their feelings and improve their moral being.
Nature
Shelley: Shelley doesn't describe the real word of Wordsworth's poem, but his approach to nature provides him with images and symbols from creating his cosmic schemes. Nature is considered as a refuge from the disappointment and injustice of the ordinary world.
Wordsworth: Wordsworth likeRusseau, believes in the goodness of nature as well as in the excellence of the child. Man through his senses and feelings can express his human consciouses by the interactions and the observation of natural phenomena. This is the reason why Wordsworth believed that man and nature are inseparable.
Domande da interrogazione
- Quali sono i temi principali trattati da P.B. Shelley e W. Wordsworth?
- Come viene interpretata l'immaginazione dai due poeti?
- Qual è il compito del poeta secondo Shelley e Wordsworth?
Shelley si concentra su libertà e amore come rimedi contro i mali della società, mentre Wordsworth esplora i sensi e le percezioni attraverso la natura, con un'enfasi particolare sulla memoria.
Per Shelley, l'immaginazione è un mezzo per cambiare la realtà materiale, portando il poeta a soffrire e isolarsi. Wordsworth, invece, vede l'immaginazione come un'osservazione accurata e amorevole della natura.
Shelley vede il poeta come un profeta che sfida il cosmo per aiutare l'umanità a raggiungere un mondo ideale. Wordsworth considera il poeta un insegnante con una sensibilità superiore, capace di penetrare il cuore delle cose e migliorare l'essere morale dell'uomo.
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