century to the 19th century brought on along many drastic shifts in values and beliefs. The 18th century, the age of enlightenment, valued reason and logic above all else, whereas the 19th century, the beginning of the romantic age, concerned themselves with emotions and passion (British Romanticism). William Wordsworth, a poet during this cultural shift, has always been considered a romantic poet; however, Wordsworth did not always have such limitations. Wordsworth wrote many revolutionary pieces, expressing…
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