Enlightenment:

Alas, what wonder! man's superior part

Unchecked may rise, and climb from art to art;

But when his own great work is but begun,

What reason weaves, by passion is undone.

-Essay on Man

Alexander Pope

Romantic:

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

-"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,"

William Wordsworth

Write two to three sentences comparing the two poems and explaining how each poem reflects the time period in which it was written.

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Sexton

15 November, 13:54

Enlightenment:

Alas, what wonder! man's superior part

Unchecked may rise, and climb from art to art;

But when his own great work is but begun,

What reason weaves, by passion is undone.

-Essay on Man

Alexander Pope

Romantic:

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

-"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,"

William Wordsworth

Write two to three sentences comparing the two poems and explaining how each poem reflects the time period in which it was written.

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Stuart · Answer 1

The Alexander pope poem reflect the time period being of coming to successful life when in times were people were not very successful. William Wordsworth poem is speaking of beauty of nature and at all times nature has always been essential to human needs bearing shade, fruit and food. In both way do they show the time periods shown to be given.

Justice Hartman · Answer 2

Answer: Sample Response: Pope's Essay on Man reflects the Enlightenment emphasis on reason and logic, while Wordsworth's poem reflects the romantic emphasis on emotion and individual experience. Pope's poem describes how "passion" undermines reason, but Wordsworth's poem celebrates passion and emotion.