Romanticism and Cities...

Coleridge's Frost at Midnight shares more common-ground then not when being compared to Wordsworth's Tintern Abbey. Coleridge moved to London at an early age, and looks back moreso on the negative atmosphere that big cities often exude (i.e. bars on windows, always a hustle and bustle, etc). Coleridge, like Wordsworth, is clearly a romantic poet who is stuck living where he very much does not want to be, away from nature. Both poets also implore that a certain loved one take time and get out in nature to experience what it has to offer. A key difference when the two poets are compared is how they view their childhood: Coleridge doesnt seem to look too highly upon it and wants better for his son, whereas Woodsworth often reminisces of the places and sights he visited when he was younger. Even though their upbringings were located in different parts of England, the two still share that common bond on how nature plays a major role in their lives so much that they desire to have someone close to them have similar experiences.