After reading Frost at Midnight, it is clear that both Coleridge and Wordsworth shared similar feelings about their birth place; however, the two had seemingly different childhood experiences. In Wordsworth’s Tintern Abbey, you learn of the beautiful countryside that he had the pleasure of growing up in. Even as a child, he was passionate about his home, even if he did not realize how much he appreciated it. Coleridge, however, did not share this luxury. Coleridge lived in a town in England in which he loved for nine years. At the beginning of age nine, he moved to London to attend school. He spoke about “gazing upon the bars” of the school windows and dreaming of the home that he once knew.
At the end of both poems, the two declare their wishes for the others present—Coleridge’s son and Wordsworth’s younger sister. Wordsworth proclaims his hope that nature will make herself known to his younger sister in the present in order to provide her with a fond memory of the time shared together. Coleridge shares a similar hope for his son and the end of his poem. He hopes that his son will also experience nature’s surroundings. Clearly, both Wordsworth and Coleridge are hopeful that the two will experience their surroundings in such a way that will make them fall in love with their home, much like they did as children.
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