IMAGINATION AND METAPHOR IN THE POETRY OF WORDSWORTH, AND KEATS

Abstract

This study explores the role of imagination and metaphor in the poetry of William Wordsworth and John Keats, two famous figures of English Romanticism. Keat and Wordsworth had a great and a rich poetry world as other poets, but it was a little bit different. Because they could see the beauty of everything, then they described them in their works. As for Wordsworth, his poetry presents imagination as a moral and spiritual force closely connected to nature, where natural imagery functions as metaphorical guidance for human growth and emotional stability. In contrast, Keat’s emphasizes sensuous imagination and rich symbolism, using metaphor to explore beauty , transience, and the tension between reality and ideal experience. By describing metaphor and imagination in  selected poems,  this paper highlights how these two things are important in Romanticism