Elements Of Romanticism In Wordsworth's "London, 1802" And Blake's "The Lamb"

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From this account it can be deduced that the poem was spontaneous
in nature and originated from an internal response. The poem's use of a
realistic setting occurs in line 2 with the reference of England as a
"fen." This particular adjective e describes England as a "land wholly or
partially covered by water, mud, clay, or dirt."(Oxford English Dictionary).
From this line a realistic setting is produced. The narrator further
conveys a visionary experience through the extensive uses of nature via
similes and metaphors within the poem. On lines 2, 9, 10, 11 it states,

England hath need of thee: she is a fen
Thy soul was like a Star
Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea
Pure as the naked heavens...

This frequent use of nature clearly illustrates the narrator's intent to
express a visionary experience. This in turn adheres to Abram's Romantic
Formula.
The return to setting with insight is used when the narrator speaks
of the conflicts within ...

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