The French Revolution had an important influence on the writing of the Romantic period, inspiring writers to address themes of democracy and human rights and to consider the function of revolution as a form of change. In the beginning, the French Revolution was supported by writers because of the opportunities it seemed to offer for political and social change. When those expectations were frustrated in later years, Romantic poets used the spirit of revolution to help characterize their poetic philosophies. In this essay I am going to concentrate on the influence of the French revolution on two great romantic writers, William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

William Wordsworth clearly depicted Napoleon on his writing where he fought against him. In the beginning of the revolution Wordsworth appears enthusiastic and writes in favor of the revolution but after Napoleon takes over we see that enthusiasm turning into hatred for...