. . . . . . "\"Michael\" is a pastoral poem, written by William Wordsworth and first published in the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads, a series of poems that were said to have begun the English Romantic movement in literature. The poem is one of Wordsworth's best-known poems and the subject of much critical literature. It tells the story of an ageing shepherd, Michael, his wife Isabel, and his only child Luke. Analyses have claimed \"Michael\" to have been a political statement regarding the modernization of England, due to the advent of the enclosure system\u2014erasing the idyllic pastoral way of life that Michael formerly enjoyed. Nevertheless, scholar Deanne Westbrook interpreted the worked to be as a New Testament-esque parable and even a metaparable."@en . "\"Michael\" is a pastoral poem, written by William Wordsworth and first published in the 1800 edition of Lyrical Ballads, a series of poems that were said to have begun the English Romantic movement in literature. The poem is one of Wordsworth's best-known poems and the subject of much critical literature. It tells the story of an ageing shepherd, Michael, his wife Isabel, and his only child Luke."@en . . . . . . . . . . "1096622086"^^ . . . . . "10728"^^ . . . . . "14016625"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Michael (poem)"@en . .