Wordsworth did not write by using lofty, eloquent language, and great issues and personalities as subjects. This childlike quality was typical of Romanticism. Wordsworth’s along with other poets such as Blake, Coleridge, Byron, Shelly and Keats were all poets of this historical period (1780 –1830). During this period these poets tended to view the world through the eyes of children or tried to see the world in a childlike way. Children could be said to speak …showed first 75 words of 1323 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1323 total…but nature does not bring reconciliation to his distraught emotions. The poet has an overwhelming feeling of anxiety. Upon seeing the old man, Wordsworth is given a new hope for a way to gain the inner peace that he has been looking for. The old man serves as an inspiration for Wordsworth. Bibliography Bygrave, Stephen, (1999) A102, Romantic Writings, The Open University Press Owens, W.R & Johnson, (1998) A102, Romantic Writings: An Anthology, The Open University Press