“To Autumn” by John Keats and “The Prelude” by Wordsworth

... Two of the most skilled poets of all time were William Wordsworth and John Keats, both poets wrote romantic poetry. From poems like "To Autumn" by John Keats and "The Prelude" (1) by William Wordsworth we can see that both well known poets used their poetry to describe their feelings and the atmosphere of them around them. As Wordsworth lived before Keats time he is known to be the creator of this type of poetry, yet Keats seems to be a slightly better poet and it is clear that he has based his poetry from that of Wordsworth. In studying "to autumn" and "the Prelude" (1) I have discovered John Keats uses much better vocabulary than Wordsworth yet I think that Wordsworth states his emotions and feelings much clearer and much easier to understand. Both poets use nature in the poems to help them express their feelings especially John

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