Romantic Literature

Focus poems: Shelley, ‘The Mask of Anarchy’, and Wordsworth ‘Old Man
Travelling’, ‘The Discharged Soldier’, ‘The Solitary Reaper’, and ‘1 September
1802’ (originally called ‘The Banished Negroes’).
with reading these poems above, Compare and/or contrast any TWO of the set poets in terms of the
relationship between their poetry and their politics. Which poet do you find more convincing or moving in
this respect?