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Are you in agreement with Dorothy Wordsworth’s reactions to S.T. Coleridge’s domestic life? Say why you agree or disagree. 

Dorothy Wordsworth’s criticism of Coleridge’s lifestyle in expanding his poetry through adventures by sacrificing his domestic lifestyle is not something I can fully agree with. Whilst Dorothy may have a point in learning to experience nature rather than resorting to a book towards his poetry. I do not believe it should warrant Coleridge having to sacrifice the entirety of his domestic lifestyle to accommodate towards it, nor Wordsworth’s reaction to it. I believe a balance should be found between what Dorothy challenges and what Coleridge’s domestic lifestyle entails. The extremities of both can lead to complications. Such as, Wordsworth’s domestic lifestyle and poetry leads to his garden having numerous weeds which he praises to which Dorothy chastises as unkempt weeds. However, Coleridge’s writing in relating the common every day that many would relate towards his adversaries towards revolution is a useful asset in getting them to understand their cause, something that Dorothy spites as them needing adventure instead. Dorothy’s suggestion of making him sacrifice his domestic lifestyle could come at the expense of such relatability. For that reason, I believe Dorothy’s reaction towards Coleridge’s Lifestyle is somewhat warranted, I do not fully agree with her rejection of it. 

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  1. HI Dylan, your expression needs some careful attention, especially your sentence structure. Please check through these comments carefully and see if you can improve your blog. I will watch out for it next time round!
    MG
    *Please attend to editing your work carefully. Here is what I have picked up:
    *Hi Dylan, can you see that the following is actually part of the preceding sentence rather than a self-standing grammatical unit: “Whilst Dorothy may have a point in learning to experience nature rather than resorting to a book towards his poetry”. – you will find it worth checking out: incomplete sentence — can you see that this is an incomplete sentence? Read it aloud. Maybe that will make clear to you why it is incomplete. Also explore the following very useful sites: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/620/01/
    http://owl.english.purdue.edu/exercises/5/18/38
    *to accommodate towards it,= it is not quite clear what “it” is referring to here……
    * Hi Dylan- this is another example of a sentence that is not quite complete and really belongs to the previous sentence- unless you add something to it- “Such as, Wordsworth’s domestic lifestyle and poetry leads to his garden having numerous weeds which he praises to which Dorothy chastises as unkempt weeds”.
    * This sentence is not well written. It is over-complex and doesn’t make much sense as it stands. Try to simplify it and say clearly and concisely what exactly you mean:
    However, Coleridge’s writing in relating the common every day that many would relate towards his adversaries towards revolution is a useful asset in getting them to understand their cause, something that Dorothy spites as them needing adventure instead.

    * …..is somewhat warranted, I do not fully agree with her rejection of it. = ….is somewhat warranted. I do not fully agree with her rejection of it. – the last part here IS a free-standing sentence. What you have done here is http://www.englishforeveryone.org/Topics/Run-On-Sentences.htm.

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