The romantic era took place in 1750-1850s as a rebellion to the industrial revolution and classicism. Some romantic characteristics where instinctual life, which meant that reason was not important to their decision making process, the fact that nature overwhelms man, god is found in nature and the abolishment of the three entities which are time, space and plot. These are shown in Daffodils, by WilliamWordsworth, written in 1804. This poem is about the poet walking and seeing daffodils and describing the event. Another poem that it relates to is Barn Owl, a neo- romantic poem written by Gwen Harwood, about a boy killing an innocent owl unprovoked.
A romantic idea in the poem Daffodils is the impression that nature overwhelms man. Daffodils presents the reader with the beauty of nature. This is conveyed through personification to create a vivid image of the beautiful daffodils. This is shown in the line ‘Beside the lake, between the trees, (enjambment) fluttering and dancing in the breeze’ where the daffodils are personified as dancing. The use…show more content… This is shown throughout the whole poem, by the lack of words such as ‘then’, ‘when’, ‘next’, along with no specific plot line. This creates a vivid image in one’s mind of the environment, rather than focusing on the plot. This is used in the line ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’. Wandered is a word usually used when someone walks with no concept of time, space or plot ‘This contrasts to Barn Owl, because that poem describes a series of events happening, while Daffodils only describes the scenery of an event? Although Barn Owl does not use words like ‘then’, ‘when’ or ‘next, there is a definite plot being unveiled, the plot starts when the boy gets out of bed and steals his father’s shotgun and ends when the owl is finally dead. This information shows that Daffodils abolishes the three entities and Barn Owl uses
