... Coleridge. These two poets essentially set precedence to what Romantic prose and poetry should entail. In the Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth describes poetry as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings," and in addition details the influence nature has on him and ... son everything that nature has to offer. Although both poems deal with the beauty and serenity of nature and the happiness it brings them, Wordsworth deals more with the meaning nature holds for him while Coleridge uses description to relate his relationship with nature. In the poems "Tintern Abbey," ... n...

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