During the Enlightenment Period, thinking was generally scientific and mathematical. They (who?) used reason to explain every aspect of life and all that that entails. To understand how an object or living being functioned, classical thinkers had no qualms about taking apart or dissecting the being under observation. These conservative people preferred to be surrounded by the urban society where they felt a sense of reality. (eh, what?) The classical thinkers preferred reality to fantasy stories.

Immediately following the Enlightenment Period came the Romantic Era. The Romantic beliefs were completely opposite to those views of the classical thinkers. Romanists were very emotional. They enjoyed being out in nature and ev

ery aspect of it. A Romanticist would love to look deeply at things as they are, and would not desire to dissect them. Romantics were also very accepting of fantasy and dreams. Their views were very liberal. These liberal viewpoints influenced several revolutions, one of which was the American Revolution. (explain how loving fantasy and nature makes someone liberal)

I think whoever I see must be happy. (Pg. 213)

Wordsworth pities individuals who are unable to see beauty in objects that surround them everyday. As a Romantic, Wordsworth urges his classical peers to see the beauty of not just nature, but all that nature encompasses.

Dull would he be of soul who could pass by

The city, according to Wordsworth, has become a part of nature; therefore it also is an object of beauty worthy of praise. Although Wordsworth appreciates nature to its fullest extent, he looks on his peers in a different manner. Wordsworth chooses to rebuke the classical thinkers for their ignorance of the beauty that surrounds them:

William Wordsworth was a Romantic who wrote around the same time period as Blake. Wordsworth does not compare nature to the city. In fact, Wordsworth praises the beauty of the city in his poem Composed upon Westminster Bridge Sept. 3 1803. He writes:

A sight so touching in its majesty. (Pg. 188)

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