When I Have Fears – John Keats

Keats is reflecting on his imminent death in this poem. He talks about his fears of leaving the world before realizing his dreams and literary ambitions. The poet says he may die at any time so before dying he has to finish his work, but again he has a fear that he may die anytime and may be his work will be incomplete.
In the poem the poet says that before dying he has to put all his ideas and thoughts into book form. His ideas and thoughts are like grains which are kept in the store house for harvesting. The ideas are collected in the minds of the poet and it will be empty only when he is going to put those words in written form.
When the poet looks at the sky he sees many stars and clouds which is a symbol of romance, suddenly he thinks that he may not see the same stars because at that time he will be dead. Then he thinks of the beautiful woman whom he saw in a public park. The poet becomes sad because he won’t be able to see that woman nor express or enjoy the passion of love if he dies. He is also afraid that he won’t be able to see the woman again. He has a fear of death so he will not be able to feel the delight of magic of love though his love is irresponsible and unthinkable.
These thoughts of love and his ambition in poetry kindle the fear of death and so he feels that he is standing alone on the shore of the wide world. A sudden loneliness is felt by the poet. When he thinks of death love and fame becomes nothing and the fear of death becomes the most over powering feeling in him.

Written in Early Spring – William Wordsworth

In this poem the poet rejoices and laments at the same time, dwelling on the connection between man and nature. The poet says when he was sitting near a tree; he heard a thousand of mixed notes. According to the poet nature gives him all notes and knowledge rather than a text book. When he was in nature he was with full of sweet mood and pleasant thoughts about nature, suddenly he becomes sad because his mind starts thinking of something which changes his sweet mood into sad mood.
The nature is very beautiful and when the poet sits among the nature he is very happy and his soul is connected with the beautiful creation of nature, but it gave him pain when he starts thinking about mankind. He also wonders what man has made of himself? In the third stanza the poet talks about the beauty of nature through describing the happiness of primrose. There is a small arched enclosure made by overhanging trees and flowers where bunches of primrose are seen coiled by the leaves of periwinkle, an ever green plant. So the poet believes that every flower enjoys the fresh air it breathes.
Then the poet says that when he was sitting in the nature the birds around him jumped and played. The poet can guess that they are happy but he is not able to measure the level of their happiness. But it seems that even a small movement in their life gives them happiness. The next stanza talks about the branches of trees. The poet says that even the branches of a tree spread out their fresh leaves to catch the wind, through which one can guess that even they are happy with the early spring.
The last stanza sums up the poem with the poets complaint about man. The poet says that whatever I have described about the holy nature - if this thought has come from heaven, then I have every season to feel sad about the plight of man.