According to Satwase (2018), William Wordsworth was known to be the

central writer of the Romantic movement of the English Romanticism during the
Victorian Era. In his lyric poem, “Daffodils,” from the title itself, mainly focuses on
the beauty of nature specifically the flower. The poem is actually nothing more than
a description about what the persona felt as he reminisced upon the pictures of the
beautiful daffodils.

The poem’s theme centralizes on nature. It was simple and easy to understand
since the subject was ordinary. The subject was about the flower daffodil and how it
gave happiness to the persona of the poem when he was reminiscing it. The setting
also happened in a common place which is on the couch. The language used was
simple that is why the readers do not find it difficult to understand the poem for it
does not use complex words and metaphors. It is literal and it also directly conveys
the basic feeling of the persona of the poem. This could be evidently shown on the
last stanza of the poem wherein the individual was illustrated to be sitting idly on a
couch on a meditative state feeling euphoric and be filled with solitude. Moreover,
the author writes the poem in a way that the persona was reminiscing so that the
readers could also get the full detail of what is happening that influenced their
imagination. With this, the readers gain prior ideas through their senses that is why
the text was also filled with sensation. Moreover, the poem also presents similitude
or the state of being similar to something. This could be aligned to the tone of the
author in which it fit right into what is being portrayed and stated in the poem. Above
all, in using romantic theory in criticizing the text, the basis on writing the poem was
the inner feelings of the author.

In conclusion, Romantic approach is the most appropriate theory to be used

in criticizing this text since the poem was talking to all men and presenting the truth.
Which only means that the poem is simple and literal enough for readers to easily
grasp the message it tries to convey.
 Achebe’s novel, “Things Fall Apart,” exhibits the culture and the lifestyle of
the Igobo tribe before and during the colonization in Africa. The setting was situated
in Nigeria where the author was raised from. Okonkwo was the main character of
the story and there he illustrates what it means to be an African man and how the
colonizers stole their identities as Africans. It was highlighted in the story that when
the Europeans invade the village, everything changed. New religion, new language
and new forms of government was brought. The story actually reflects the real
happening in Nigeria. According to McSweeney (2014), on 1914, the Nigerians were
invaded by the Europeans that resulted to the introduction of Christianity. In fact,
40% of the place are composed of Christians and vast majority of them came from
the Igobo group. Likewise, in the story, Okonkwo first-handedly witnessed the
changes that have occurred in Umuofia as well as the division it had caused among
tribes. As stated by the same source, Achebe’s parents returned to Ogidi together
with their family in 1935 and was faced with cultural crossroads. The conflicting
cultures present in the homeland was undoubtedly demonstrated in the story. This
union of the ethnic culture and the introduction of the European culture caused
Achebe to deal with identity crisis which was also depicted in the characters, mainly
the protagonist, Okonkwo. Aside from that, this novel also challenged the European
stereotype of African culture through the lifestyle of the Igobo people before they
were colonized. This particularly refers to worshiping many gods and goddesses in
which contradicts to the beliefs of Christians and other non-religious aspect such as
having many wives which applies mainly to the Muslim tradition. This story was
more than a story of colonization. It was also about Okonkwo’s life and how it fell
apart. According to the Biography of Chinua Achebe written by Augustyn and his
co-writers (2019), Achebe was actually an Igobo chieftain himself. He sooner
resigned due to frustration over the corruption in politics. Okonkwo, the protagonist,
was also the leader of his community. He aspires to be the exact opposite of his
father, an idle and wasteful man. The resentment and shame he felt towards his father
made him become powerful and respected. However, his power made him a different
man. He became short-tempered, insensitive, and controlling. To be more specific,
Okonkwo treated his wives with pure inferiority and he believed that respecting
women would lessen his masculinity. This is from his perception that men should be
firm and aggressive. His life began falling apart when he killed Ikemefuna, to show
he is not weak like his father. He becomes depressed and even more, to a point where
he hangs himself when he realizes that his people will never fight for their village
and just simply surrender to the colonizers. The novel, from the title itself Things
Fall Apart refers to the tragic fall of the Okonkwo as well as the culture and tradition
of the Igobo. Mainly as the Europeans colonized the village, the culture and lifestyle
of the Igobo tribe was changed forever.