![]() ![]() He expresses his sympathy with Wordsworth's poems and the losses that he and Wordsworth share-losses that are common to all of humanity. From the beginning, Shelley alludes to Wordsworth's famous poem "Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood" in which Wordsworth reflects on the loss of the wonder and majesty he felt toward the natural world as a child. Through form and content, Shelley engages in a dialogue with the older poet, expressing his sense of betrayal due to Wordsworth's changing political views. The poem is modeled after a Shakespearean sonnet with an altered sestet. ![]() " To Wordsworth" takes the form of an apostrophe to the poet William Wordsworth, a first-generation Romantic poet. ![]()
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