o Lady Beaumont from William Wordsworth, This is a personal criticism, and therefore, is the most honest of them all. He describes the goals he seeks in his writing to which, he wants to console the afflicted, to add sunshine to daylight, by making the happy happier, to teach the young, and so on. He wants to make people happy and resolve conflicts with his work. This very important due to his style of writing, Romanticism is about emphasizing freedom and emotions, to which will “cure” illness of the world.James Hogg, regards Wordsworth’s work second to none, comparing it with the all time masterpieces of the literary world. “I have only a single remark to make on the poetry of Wordsworth, and I do it because I never saw the remark made before. It relates to the richness of his works for quotations. For these they are a mine that is altogether inexhaustible. There is nothing in nature that you may not get a quotation out of Wordsworth to suit and a quotation too that breathes the very soul of poetry. There are only three books in the world that are worth the opening in search of mottoes and quotations, and all of them are alike rich. These are, the Old Testament, Shakespeare, and the poetical works of Wordsworth, and strange to say, The Excursion of abounds most in them.”(Tucker, 197)James Hogg, 1832, AutobiographyThe man James Hogg, speaks of the incredible quotation work Wordsworth uses in his poetry, to him there is noting in nature that can compare with this. E.g., “On Kilve’s smooth shore, by the green sea, or here at Liswyn farm”(Anecdote for Fathers) To Hogges other than the poetic work of Wordsworth, only the Old Testament and Shakespeare can even compare with them, in effect he thinks it is better than them. This is perhaps an uttermost flattering criticism anyone can ever make, comparing your work to the work of God.William Ellery Channing a fellow writer address Words...
