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“My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth (1807)
Although published in 1807, this poem was written in 1802—about the same time as the first four stanzas of “Ode.” It more succinctly addresses the same idea. Wordsworth made the last three lines of this poem the epigraph to his “Ode,” which elaborates and clarifies the thoughts and feelings of the shorter poem.
“Tintern Abbey” by William Wordsworth (1798)
The poem has a much longer official title, but is best known as “Tintern Abbey.” It is another famous example of Wordsworth’s abiding interest in the inspirational power of childhood memories and his transcendental view of nature.
“Ode to the West Wind” by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1820)
This is another famous Romantic ode, formally very different from Wordsworth’s “Ode” but expressing a similar fascination with nature. The poet praises the wind for its power to contribute to the change of seasons and to nature’s rejuvenation in the spring. He hopes the wind might also enable his personal spiritual rebirth.
“Ode to a Nightingale” by John Keats (1819)
In this equally famous ode, the poet admires the purity of the nightingale’s song and celebrates the bird’s ability to express joy unadulterated by the awareness of death which burdens humankind—a theme also prominent in Wordsworth’s “Ode.
By William Wordsworth
A Complaint
A Complaint
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A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal
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Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
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Daffodils
Daffodils
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I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
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Tintern Abbey
Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey ...
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London, 1802
London, 1802
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Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads
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My Heart Leaps Up
My Heart Leaps Up
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Preface to Lyrical Ballads
Preface to Lyrical Ballads
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She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways
She Dwelt Among The Untrodden Ways
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She Was a Phantom of Delight
She Was a Phantom of Delight
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The Prelude
The Prelude
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The Solitary Reaper
The Solitary Reaper
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The World Is Too Much with Us
The World Is Too Much with Us
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To the Skylark
To the Skylark
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We Are Seven
We Are Seven
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