Alexander Pope and William Blake (Essay Sample)

English poetry
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Essay One: Alexander Pope and William Blake
Introduction
The ideologies of the Romantic poets, Pope and Blake expose the core values of the Eighteenth societies. Nevertheless, according to my opinion, relativity in opinion arose, the poets agreed and conflicted based on the various approaches they took regarding societal issues. Notably from the two poems, I can conclude the fundamental question in the Eighteenth century is about balance in the society. (Reisman, 2012)
According to Pope and Blake, their view about the society revolves around two perspectives, health and sickness of the society. Moreover, there is an interplay between good and evil as depicted by the two poets. It gets deduced that Pope's desire to maintain the culture of the society is a healthy move while Blake's proposition of a revolutionary society through the use of tiger is deemed unhealthy. However, in my opinion, it is evident that there is a little controversy between the two poets. Blake views Pope's ideas as unfound and likely to mislead the society and thus unwanted outcome. He suggests that by declining Pope's philosophy maintains the conserved state of the society.
In my opinion, a difference exists between the two poets relating to location liability and space. Blake talks of ‘'chattered streets'' of the capital while Pope in Pope there is there is ‘'Isthmus''. I feel the two forms relate to the way the two poets deal with natural balance in the society. According to Pope, isthmus connects to a very restrictive and limited working space as compared to Blake, who relates to the physical locations and spaces correlated to mental limits and control inherent in the society.
In conclusion, most people would argue that revolution is good for a change; however, this is not the reality. According to me, there is the interplay between the reserved and the emergent opinions that needs careful consideration. I believe, the society should be more flexible to embrace new structures of operation.
Essay Two.
The three poets, William, John and Taylor, reveal a reflection of the society through their thoughts and perspectives. In my opinion, the existence of divinities plays a central role in their work. Evidently, I would attest to the fact that the poems are graced by the interplay of nature and nurture. I think it is worth noting that man strives to understand nature as depicted by the complexity of life in the three poems.
Inherent in William Wordsworth's ‘The World is too much with Us' is an opinion of the continuous challenge of superficial knowledge and conventions of religion. There is evidently motivation of man promoted by fixed dimensions of the "world". In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's ‘Frost at Midnight', he takes a virtual walk through his life during his early childhood and school days. I believe the mood created in the poem, depicts desire for a better life to the sleeping child. While, in John Keat's ‘Ode to a Nightingale', there is a suggestion of loneliness, the singing preoccupies him with unusual sensations.
I think the three poets express th...