... placed emotion on objective natural states or entities. Wordsworth's "Ode to Duty- is a work that attempts to justify man's preordained choice to be either good or evil. One of the lines, "From vain temptations dost set free; and calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!- demonstrates, similarly to Blake, a play upon indefinable objectifications such as human desire and natural responsiveness. ... This work fully exemplifies the Romantic author's trend in attempting to communicate his personal feelings through a more subjective expression of passion and excitement. The last work in wh...

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... (West 55). The idea of himself is that which holds Byron's work together and makes it especially hard to mimic (West 2). He was not only an English Romantic poet but also presented historical tragedy, romantic narrative, ode and especially epic satire ... to Romanticism. Much of how Byron presented himself was a sort of facade; doing what he pleased to do, living his life without a care, and never quite accepting his own realities (MacCarthy xiii). Despite any disapproval of his immorality, Byron left an indelible impression on social attitudes and reforms with his contradictory mann...

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