The Burning Of The Houses Of Parliament By Samuel Taylor...

Romanticism, a literary movement that swept through much of Europe as well as many other countries throughout the world, carried a spirit, which in itself was a revolt against an established order of things- precise rules, laws, and dogmas. It praised imagination over reason, emotions over logic, and intuition over science, making way for a vast body of literature of great sensibility and passion. Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. One of his phenomenal works is â€Å"Frost at Midnight,† which captivates a father’s love for his son and his understanding of Nature as an essential part of one life. J.M.W. Turner’s artwork, â€Å"The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 1835,† drew many connections to Coleridge’s poetry, as both were highly symbolic of Nature, while following the other tena nts of Romanticism. While Turner’s artwork and Coleridge’s poetry are quite different from one another, the different tenants of Romanticism, including Nature and the Development of the Individual, the beauty of Nature and the value of hidden concern and affection all help bring the two pieces together. The starting point of â€Å"Frost at Midnight† is, thus, a sharp and frosty night, on which Coleridge, surrounded by complete utter silence and the warm interior of the cottage where his son lays asleep, contemplates on the dark yet calm,