... a kind of love that is very difficult to classify. Some elements would place this kind of love within romantic tradition, like the intense involvement with nature, some mystical references, the wish of death from the lovers, and the most important: the longing for a soul unity with the beloved. But in context with the social background of that time we can confuse this love with that one related to ... grief for grief can touch thee, If answering woe for woe, If any truth can melt thee, Come to me now!- This last cry: "Come to me now-, can be related to the cry of Heathcliff in the third...

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... had seen Nine summers) when upon the mountain slope The frost, and breath of frosty wind had snapp'd The last autumnal crocus, 'twas my joy To wander half the night among the Cliffs And the smooth Hollows, where the woodcocks ran Along the open turf. (Wordsworth, 2003, I, 306-317) The elevation of the rural is demonstrated here as Wordsworth recalls his "beloved Vale" and his " ... joy" of exploring his surroundings. The seemingly unimportant detail, such as the winter wind that had "snapp'd/The last autumnal crocus", ... that are much more difficult to undertake in the city. Whilst...

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