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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelThis thesis mainly concerns with the study on how the speakers overcome their
problems in life in William Wordsworth's poems, Resolution and Independence and
Ode: Intimations of Immortality From Recollections of Early Childhood. In
Resolution and Independence, the speaker deals with his fear about his uncertain
future life as a poet, while in Ode: Intimation of Immortality, the speaker deals with
his loss of visionary gleam in the past. However, both speakers can face and solve
their problems in the end. Based on this reason, the thesis writer is curious to know
how they overcome their problems. She analyzes the poems by the use of literary
tools, such as, imagery, tone, allusion, diction and some figures of speech, and also
the theory of characterization.
In Resolution and Independence, of which problem concerns with the fear of the
future, the thesis writer finds out that the speaker is trapped in his own fear as a poet.
After analyzing the poem, the thesis writer knows that the speaker is afraid of having
the same unpleasant experiences like the other poets, such as, Thomas Chatterton and
Robert Burns. Yet, he can overcome his fear and be resolute in mind after the
encounter with the leech gatherer. He learns about optimism and endurance, thus he
can defeat his fear and start facing his future life optimistically.
While in Ode: Intimations of Immortality, of which problem concerns with the
loss of visionary gleam in childhood, the thesis writer detects that the speaker is still
burdened with the loss at present. He cannot accept the loss and keep searching for it.
Through the figure of a child, the speaker can finally realize that the loss is a natural
process. It is a consequence of growing up to be a man. Along with this realization,
the speaker can face and accept the loss. He knows that his effort to seek and bring
back the loss will be useless. Later, as the conclusion, the thesis writer greatly
expects the readers of this thesis might realize that the process to overcome problems
in life requires both time and great efforts.